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A Democrat praises Alito, but the public is wary
Tim Grieve
Nebraska Sen. Ben Nelson says the Supreme Court nominee assured him he has no "agenda."
Embryos: Property, or people?
Lynn Harris
Court panel says couple whose embryos went missing can sue clinic for loss, not death.
Listen to mom
Sarah Karnasiewicz
Samuel Alito's mother offers some insight into the nominee's views on abortion.
A Scalia by any other name
Michael Scherer
Conservatives have their man in Samuel Alito. Liberals have their worst fears realized. The battle over the Supreme Court nominee is about to get ugly.
A Catholic court?
Rebecca Traister
Eleanor Smeal raises the issue of religion and the Supreme Court.
Bench brawl
Compiled by Aaron Kinney, Juliana Bunim
Grover Norquist: Alito is a "Bo Derek 10." Ralph Neas: "Radical" nominee could "turn back the clock decades." Court watchers react to Alito.
Conservative women’s groups react to Alito
Rebecca Traister
Optimistic, satisfied, but still prickly about Miers.
Samuel Alito: The reaction from the left
Tim Grieve
Harry Reid is looking forward to meeting Alito -- if only to find out why the right is so excited.
Alito on race: Statistics are misleading
Tim Grieve
In a 1991 case, Bush's Supreme Court nominee equated discrimination against African-Americans with the country's tendency to elect left-handed presidents.
Planned Parenthood slams Alito
Rebecca Traister
The president of the organization calls his possible confirmation "a direct threat to the health and safety of American women."
Alito on abortion: No need to guess
Tim Grieve
In a 1991 opinion, Bush's latest nominee put himself to the right of the sitting Supreme Court.
Bush nominates Alito for O’Connor’s seat
Tim Grieve
"Scalito" is no Harriet Miers, but he's no Sandra Day O'Connor, either.
The cost — to the right — of Miers’ scalp
Tim Grieve
O'Connor may get a vote after all in abortion cases looming on the Supreme Court's docket
Miers is gone. Who’s up next — and when?
Tim Grieve
Bush needs to appease his base and keep the focus on something other than the Valerie Plame case.
A document dispute forced Miers’ withdrawal? Don’t believe it
Tim Grieve
The right forced Bush's hand on the nominee. A dispute over documents gave him cover for getting out.
More troubles for Miers. Is the end near?
Tim Grieve
As a Republican senator questions her "intellectual capacity," a newly unearthed speech raises more questions about her abortion views.
Reporting for duty
Bill Frogameni
Iraq war vet Paul Hackett is aiming for a Senate seat -- and a progressive revival of the Democratic Party.
Praying for Wilma’s wrath
Tim Grieve
The antiabortion group that celebrated Katrina's toll on New Orleans is begging God to punish Florida next.
We see dead people?
Priya Jain
In a follow-up to her bestselling "Stiff," Mary Roach searches for proof of the afterlife -- and finds some startling (and scary) evidence.
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