Alito Proud of Anti-abortion Work

Ooohhh...maybe we will escape this guy after all:

Files show: "'I am particularly proud of my contributions in recent cases in which the government argued that racial and ethnic quotas should not be allowed and that the Constitution does not protect a right to an abortion,' he wrote.

That sentence provides one of the first clear-cut statements attributed to Alito about abortion, which will be one of the main topics of his January confirmation hearing as retiring Justice Sandra Day O'Connor's replacement.

Bush picked Alito after White House counsel Harriet Miers withdrew her Supreme Court nomination because of withering criticism by some conservatives.

'This may explain why the right wing expressed such enthusiastic support for Judge Alito after campaigning against Harriet Miers,' said Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., one of several senators who will meet with Alito privately on Tuesday. 'When he comes before the Senate, Judge Alito faces a heavy burden of demonstrating that he no longer holds these extremely troubling views and would bring an open mind and a real commitment to fundamental rights and freedoms.'"