Bush Selects Alito Jr. for Supreme Court
The WP confirms: President Bush today named appeals court Judge Samuel A. Alito to the U.S. Supreme Court. Alito, 55, serves on the Philadelphia-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, where his record on abortion rights and church-state issues has been widely applauded by conservatives and criticized by liberals. See the profile of Samuel A. Alito Jr.