In Day Two, Alito Says Even Wartime Presidents Are Not Above the Law
Ted Kennedy counters: "Time and again, even in routine matters involving average Americans, you give enormous, almost total deference to the exercise of governmental powers." | storyAP: WASHINGTON — Judge Samuel Alito absorbed hours of criticism from Senate Democrats at close quarters Monday, then pledged at his confirmation hearings to do what the law requires “in every single case” if approved for the Supreme Court.
“A judge can’t have any agenda, a judge can’t have any preferred outcome in any particular case, and a judge certainly doesn’t have a client,” said Alito, the 55-year-old appeals judge who is President Bush’s choice to succeed Sandra Day O’Connor for the swing seat on a divided high court. | story
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