Samuel Alito; Nation Demands Honest Answers

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The game that is a Supreme Court confirmation hearing gets under way Monday. Preening senators fire probing questions at the candidate, who racks up points the more he or she appears to answer without really doing so.

The Senate Judiciary Committee should throw out the old playbook and insist on new rules calling on nominee Samuel Alito to be open about his judicial philosophy. His voluminous record of writings and speeches raises many troubling questions.

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Samuel Alito; Nation Demands Honest Answers

As for brains and temperament, the bright, affable, respected and knowledgeable Alito is no doubt Supreme Court material. But it's likely that President Bush didn't p...

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