... fresh haircut was always a wise move. Meeting these meager requirements has sometimes been a struggle. Still, both Samuel Alito and John Roberts were mostly unremarkable when they appeared before the Judiciary Committee. The families are always ...

... committee's Web site. In 2005, Pryor and Lincoln voted to confirm John Roberts, President George W. Bush's pick for chief justice. But the two voted against confirming Bush nominee Samuel Alito to the nation's highest court in 2006.

... the past two vacancies, Republicans were able to win confirmation for Chief Justice John Roberts as well as Justice Samuel Alito with solid GOP support. Democrats were divided on both, some voting in favor of one or the other, while others heeded ...

... Shelby noted that Obama voted against the two most recent nominees to the court Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Samuel Alito, both conservatives picked by President George W. Bush he said he would not seek "payback" in considering Obama ...

... the late-middle-aged. After all, if conservatives only appoint relative youngsters such as John G. Roberts and Samuel Alito (50 and 55, respectively, at the time of their nominations), it's unilateral disarmament for a liberal to do ...

... old, and most are at least 70. But Roberts is only 54, and the other justice named by President George W. Bush, Samuel Alito, is 59. Diversity. Obama is poised to please or dismay leaders of the Hispanic community with his choice. The court ...

... Democrats picked up three congressional seats in Indiana and won control of the state House of Representatives. Justices Samuel Alito, Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas agreed with the outcome Monday, but wrote separately in favor of a broader defense ...

... odds with the Democratic leadership's appetite for filibustering and allowed him to claim some credit for getting Samuel Alito onto the U.S. Supreme Court, despite having voting against him on the floor. He avoided the pro-life label in ...

Come on, Samuel Alito, tell the Democratic senators who are grilling you what they want to hear. Tell them you will vote to overturn Roe v. Wade if ...

Samuel Alito's judicial hearings dominate the headlines now, but the years of work that led to his nomination should frame the judicial nomination ...