Samuel Alito is President Bush's latest Supreme Court nominee.

Here is some relevant data.

Rick
Colorado
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http://volokh.com/

[David Kopel, October 29, 2005 at 2:22am]

Second Amendment Tea Leaves for Alito:

In Re Four Possible Supreme Court Nominees.

"In United States v. Rybar, Judge Alito wrote a blistering dissent from the
majority opinion which held that, notwithstanding United States v. Lopez,
Congress had the power to use the Interstate Commerce power to prohibit the
mere possession of machine guns manufactured after May 1986, even though
Congress had made no findings about the effect of such machine guns on
interstate commerce. Judge Alito's dissent did not address the majority's
assertion that Rybar had no Second Amendment rights because Rybar was not a
member of the militia.

Neither case clearly shows Judges Luttig or Alito to support or oppose the
Standard Model of the Second Amendment. However, I believe that both
opinions suggest that judges Luttig and Alito are, at the least, not hostile
to the Second Amendment. Moreover, a generous reading of the Fourteenth
Amendment, and a willingness to take Lopez seriously are in themselves good
signs for persons who support judicial enforcement of the right to keep and
bear arms."

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http://www.gunowners.org/a102805.htm

"There are other conservative judges who are currently on the federal bench
who also have a high regard for the U.S. Constitution. Judge Samuel Alito,
Jr., in the Third Circuit, has argued that Congress has no right to regulate
the private possession of machine guns."

In a pre-written example letter the following is found:

"I hope that you will nominate either her or someone like her to the Supreme
Court -- such as Judges Samuel Alito, Jr. (in the Third District), Alex
Kozinski (in the Ninth District), or Sam Cummings (in the Fifth District).
Thank you."

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http://www.confirmthem.com/

about Alito

. article in US News (7/19/05) - http://snipurl.com/jbf0
. bio from judiciary - http://air.fjc.gov/servlet/tGetInfo?jid=26
. his blog (not) - http://samuelalito.blogspot.com/
. opinion in Casey (pdf) - http://snipurl.com/jbf4
. opinion in Casey (txt) - http://snipurl.com/jbf5
. opinion on medicaid abortions - http://snipurl.com/jbf8
. profile from SCtN - http://snipurl.com/jbf6
. SCOTUS opinion in Casey - http://laws.findlaw.com/us/505/833.html