Groups start final push ahead of Alito hearing
Fox News
01/04/06
With the confirmation hearing for Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito less than a week away, his critics are making every effort to whip up opposition to Alito's joining the court. But ever since the defeat of Supreme Court nominee Robert Bork a little more than 18 years ago, conservative activists have vowed not to let such critics go unanswered. ... Progress for America is spending about $500,000 on a television ad that quotes the writings of legal analyst Stuart Taylor, a columnist for The National Journal [in support of Alito] .... Meanwhile, a coalition of groups opposed to the nomination are preparing their campaign. Ralph Neas, head of People for the American Way, a liberal-leaning group, compares the coming battle to the 1987 fight over Judge Robert Bork...
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,180500,00.html
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
01/04/06
With the confirmation hearing for Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito less than a week away, his critics are making every effort to whip up opposition to Alito's joining the court. But ever since the defeat of Supreme Court nominee Robert Bork a little more than 18 years ago, conservative activists have vowed not to let such critics go unanswered. ... Progress for America is spending about $500,000 on a television ad that quotes the writings of legal analyst Stuart Taylor, a columnist for The National Journal [in support of Alito] .... Meanwhile, a coalition of groups opposed to the nomination are preparing their campaign. Ralph Neas, head of People for the American Way, a liberal-leaning group, compares the coming battle to the 1987 fight over Judge Robert Bork...
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,180500,00.html
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
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