Yesterday, a Washington Times report highlighted Samuel Alito’s staunch opposition to abortion rights, among other things, in a 1985 application to become deputy assistant to Attorney General Ed Meese. By late afternoon, even more documents were released about Alito that help shed more light on the ideology of the man Bush wants to see on the Supreme Court.
There’s a lot to chew on, but the New York Times reported on some pretty serious big-picture beliefs that go beyond opposition to abortion rights.
[Alito] singled out that court’s decisions in matters of criminal procedure, the separation of church and state, and the reapportionment of state voting districts to ensure minority groups were equally represented.
And then there were also some smaller details that some in the Senate might find interesting.
He wrote that he was also a member of Concerned Alumni of Princeton. Formed in 1972 to oppose the admission of women to the university, the group moved on to criticize the school’s minority admissions, permissive social norms, and religious nondenominational [services] while supporting the selective admission’s policies of private student clubs affiliated with the school.
Yes, Bush’s choice to succeed Sandra Day O’Connor on the Supreme Court was a member of a group that was created to keep women out of Princeton.
As Sen. Arlen Specter said yesterday, “The plot thickens every day.”