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...Democratic committee aide, however, said the papers were inconclusive and that the point of airing them was to find something about the group that might jog Alito's memory about his participation. "He used this as a credential when he was applying for a right-wing job, and now he wants to distance himself from the group's positions," the aide said. "What's he padding his resume with now?" Questioning by senators was scheduled to wrap up Thursday, and the hearings might finish the same day if Specter decides to go late enough with outside witnesses. Alito's opponents...
Republicans, already sensing that this week's hearings have defanged any real threat to Judge Samuel Alito's confirmation for the Supreme Court, scored a public-relations victory the moment the gavel fell Thursday morning. Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) announced that a search of Library of Congress records demanded by Democrats had been completed at 2 a.m. and that no reference to Alito was found in documents pertaining to the Concerned Alumni of Princeton (CAP). Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.) had threatened to push to subpoena the records, which are included in the papers of William...
...Kennedy, continuing his aggressive questioning of Alito, said later in the hearing that the committee still does not have "a clear answer to why Judge Alito joined this reprehensible group in the first place," and added that he comes away from the hearing "with even more questions about Judge Alito's commitment to the fairness and equality...
...Wednesday's session had seen the patina of courtesy stripped away, and raw frustration was evident on both sides of the table. Senator Richard Durbin (D-Ill.) noted to Judge Samuel Alito at one point that the day's questioning had been going for 8 1/2 hours, "which means we're both on overtime by any measurable standard of the workplace in America." Throughout the day, the Republican National Committee published a dozen bulletins offering a running critique of the Democrats' questioning, culminating with a 43-point "Summary of Inaccuracies." Democrats also issued more than a dozen documents pointing...
...Officials in both parties agree that Alito has made no obvious slip-ups, but Democrats complained about his parsimonious answers and spotty memory. Particularly harsh exchanges were prompted when the judge-who is known for his fastidiousness-insisted that he could not remember any of the controversy surrounding CAP, and its opposition to affirmative action and the admission of women at Princeton. "I've said what I can say about what I can recall about this group," Alito said, "which is virtually nothing." He went on to say, "I have wracked my memory on this." He added that while...