The Alito Memo
The Alito Memo: "
Sunday, November 20, 2005; Page B06
SUPREME COURT nominee Samuel A. Alito Jr.'s now-famous 1985 memorandum is unsettling. The memo, part of an application for a political appointment in the Justice Department during the Reagan administration, reveals an energetic young conservative driven by discontent with important (and, in our view, beneficial) Supreme Court rulings and eager to alter the lay of the legal land. Mr. Alito describes his early conservatism as 'motivated in large part by disagreement with Warren Court decisions, particularly in the areas of criminal procedure, the Establishment Clause and reapportionment.' He describes being 'particularly proud' at helping to advance legal positions 'in which the government has argued in the Supreme Court that racial and ethnic quotas should not be allowed and that the Constitution does not protect a right to an abortion.'"
Sunday, November 20, 2005; Page B06
SUPREME COURT nominee Samuel A. Alito Jr.'s now-famous 1985 memorandum is unsettling. The memo, part of an application for a political appointment in the Justice Department during the Reagan administration, reveals an energetic young conservative driven by discontent with important (and, in our view, beneficial) Supreme Court rulings and eager to alter the lay of the legal land. Mr. Alito describes his early conservatism as 'motivated in large part by disagreement with Warren Court decisions, particularly in the areas of criminal procedure, the Establishment Clause and reapportionment.' He describes being 'particularly proud' at helping to advance legal positions 'in which the government has argued in the Supreme Court that racial and ethnic quotas should not be allowed and that the Constitution does not protect a right to an abortion.'"
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