The Alito Nomination

On October 31, President Bush nominated Judge Samuel Alito to replace Justice Sandra Day O'Connor on the Supreme Court. On January 6th, CRC released a report on Judge Alito's record on environmental issues entitled, "Alito Nomination Raises Fundamental Concerns about the Future of Environmental Law " and asked the Senate to examine his record closely during his confirmation hearings.  The news release for this report is available here.  To see Community Rights Counsel’s initial release on the Alito nomination click here.

To see a copy of the letter CRC sent to the Senate Judiciary Committee expressing our opposition to the confirmation of Alito, click here.

For a summary of cases indicating Judge Alito's tendency in divided cases to favor corporate interests over workers and the environment, click here.

Community Rights Counsel's reaction to the Alito nomination has been published in the following stories:

• Legal Times Justice Alito's Green Day
• Wall Street Journal: Green Groups Mobilize Against Alito
• AP: Court nominee deals with ethics criticism
• Knight Ridder: Many of Alito's rulings have been at odds with Supreme Court
• San Francisco Chronicle: Alito's telling dissent in machine gun case
  He sought to limit reach of Congress
• Legal Times: Bracing — Finally — for the Battle Royal
• Grist Magazine: The Sum of Alito Fears

Further Reading on Alito the Environment, Federalism and the Commerce Clause:

OP/Ed’s & Editorials:

• The Philadelphia Inquirer: The right stuff?
• Daytona Beach News-Journal: Alito’s Red Flags
• Newsday: Now it’s Alito

News Reports:

• New York Times: Supreme Court Nominee Seen as Favoring Federal Constraint
• Houston Chronicle : Hear him out | President Bush's latest Supreme Court nomination shores up his support on the right while guaranteeing a bitter confirmation battle
• Houston Chronicle : 'Scalito?' Nothing is 'lite' about Bush's newest pick
• The Nation: Can Dems Say 'Finito' to 'Scalito'?
• Columbus Free Press : The Alito nomination