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Harvard’s Beneficial Professor of Law Charles Fried, the former solicitor general and Alito’s onetime boss, will also testify at the Senate committee’s hearings and will speak about the nominee’s work in the Reagan administration—including Alito’s May 1985 memorandum on abortion rights...
...election of Ronald Reagan. But he was not part of what was known as the "secret handshake" crowd?the Administration's tight-knit cadre of Reaganite true believers. He had been one of the young lawyers from lite schools hired without regard to their political leanings by the Solicitor General's office. The Reaganauts suspected many of the career lawyers were liberals hoping to block Reagan's ideas. Worse, Alito had not even worked on the President's campaign or donated money, two tests of loyalty for high-level posts in any Administration...
...moniker that liberals have given him in order to tie him to Supreme Court firebrand Antonin Scalia. White House aides want Alito prepared for a barrage of hostile queries, so he continued last week with practice sessions in a Justice Department conference room and a White House auditorium. Former Solicitor General Ted Olson stopped in to fire questions aimed at sharpening the nominee for surprises. White House officials believe Alito's understatement will play well in such a heated atmosphere. Asked how the Administration plans to handle the theatrics of the hearings, a White House official replied tartly, "Maybe...
...stunning concession by Solicitor General Paul D. Clement comes after an Air Force colonel wrote in 2002 that law schools could lose federal funds if they “intimidate” students who are interested in joining the military...
Kennedy, a 1961 Harvard Law graduate, called the solicitor general’s stance “an extraordinary position...