Abortion emerged as a potential fault line. Democrats pointed to Alito's rulings that sought to restrict a woman's right to abortion. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter, a Republican who supports abortion rights, said that Alito's views on the hot-button issue "will be among one of the first items Judge Alito and I will discuss."Isn’t that just precious?
Alito's mother shed some light. "Of course, he's against abortion," 90-year-old Rose Alito said of her son, a Catholic.
I’m bursting with pride that this is what the American judicial nomination process has come to—interviewing a nominee’s mother to make sure he’ll overturn 30-year-old cases protecting a woman’s right to choose.
(Hat tip No Blood for Hubris.)
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