Before the Judiciary Committee
The Senators Question Judge Alito
From January 9 to 13, 2006, the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary held confirmation hearings on the nomination of Judge Samuel Alito to be an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. During the hearings, questions were presented to Judge Alito by the 10 Republican and eight Democratic members of the committee. Following are excerpts from those hearings.ARLEN SPECTER (PA-R): Judge Alito, do you accept the legal principles articulated in Griswold v. Connecticut [1965] that the Liberty Clause in the Constitution carries with it the right to privacy?ALITO: Senator, I do agree that the Constitution protects a right to…
