President George W Bush has nominated federal appeals court judge Samuel Alito to the US Supreme Court.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4392540.stm



Alito Supports Unauthorized Strip Searches:

In Doe v. Groody, Alito agued that police officers had not violated constitutional rights when they strip searched a mother and her ten-year-old daughter while carrying out a search warrant that authorized only the search of a man and his home. [Doe v. Groody, 2004]

http://thinkprogress.org/2005/10/31/samuel-alitos-america



The Record of Samuel Alito:
Pdf file:

A Preliminary Review: This preliminary report provides a summary of Judge Samuel Alito’s professional record. In compiling this document, we have focused primarily on those opinions, concurrences and dissents which were authored by Judge Alito himself and provide important insight about his record concerning important issues of fundamental rights and liberties.
http://media.pfaw.org/stc/AlitoPreliminary.pdf



Alito: Where were you in '72?:

A lot has been said this morning about Samuel Alito, President Bush's nominee for the Supreme Court, and his impeccable legal resume. Well, here's one portion of his resume we hope gets some very, very close scrutiny over the next few weeks, before his confirmation hearings.

http://thinkprogress.org/2005/10/31/samuel-alitos-america


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