Jurisprudence

Samuel Alito

Slate on the Supreme Court nominee.

A Heart, No Matter How Small: To find Alito’s, take out your magnifying glass,” by Emily Bazelon. Posted Jan. 11, 2006.

Confirmation Report: Alito goes a long way, but he’s still no John Roberts,” by Dahlia Lithwick. Posted Jan. 9, 2006.

Straight Man: Laughter is the best medicine. Too bad Sam Alito studied law,” by Bruce Reed. Posted Jan. 9, 2006.

Your Witness, Senators: Expert suggestions on cross-examining Sam Alito,” by Rachael Larimore and Dahlia Lithwick. Posted Jan. 9, 2006.

Getting to Yes: Why Alito needs to talk to us about the war on terror,” by Dahlia Lithwick. Posted Dec. 5, 2005.

Shoot To Kill: Alito’s blank check for cops,” by Emily Bazelon. Posted Dec. 2, 2005.

God Help Him: Alito gets religion,” by Emily Bazelon. Posted Nov. 22, 2005.

What Abortion Debate?: Why there is no honesty about Roe,” by Michael Kinsley. Posted Nov. 18, 2005.

Bring It On: Why are conservatives chickening out of their big national conservation on judges?” by Dahlia Lithwick. Posted Nov. 17, 2005.

Back When,” by Bruce Reed. Posted Nov. 16, 2005.

All the Presidents’ Papers: How do presidential libraries decide which records to release?” by David Engber. Posted Nov. 15, 2005.

Three-Quarter Truths: The sloppy mischaracterizations of Alito’s abortion decisions,” by Dahlia Lithwick. Posted Nov. 14, 2005.

No Smoke, No Fire: Alito, the hard-ass,” by Emily Bazelon. Posted Nov. 10, 2005.

Isn’t That Spousal: Alito, abortion, sexism, and the polls,” by William Saletan. Posted Nov. 10, 2005.

How Conservative Is ‘Too Conservative’?: Rules for the Alito Games,” by Michael Kinsley. Posted Nov. 4, 2005.

Hard Read: Sam Alito, Mystery Man,” by Emily Bazelon. Posted Nov. 4, 2005.

The Dangling Conversation: The one-sided ‘debate’ about judges,” by Dahlia Lithwick. Posted Nov. 4, 2005.

Sam Alito, Financial Whiz: Why his great investment strategy suggests he’ll be a good justice,” by Henry Blodget. Posted Nov. 3, 2005.

Right to Wife: Why does Judge Alito treat women like girls?” by William Saletan. Posted Nov. 3, 2005.

Alito’s Secret Pinko Past!: ’[A]ction must be taken on many fronts now to preserve privacy,’ ” by Timothy Noah. Posted Nov. 2, 2005.

Ça Ne Fait Rien, Ol’ Man,” by Bruce Reed. Posted Nov. 2, 2005.

Gap in Alito Paper Trail,” by Timothy Noah. Posted Nov. 1, 2005.

Alito or Scalito?: If you’re a liberal, you’d prefer Scalia,” by Robert Gordon. Posted Nov. 1, 2005.

Rock and Roe: Alito’s unequivocal abortion decisions,” by Richard Schragger. Posted Nov. 1, 2005.

Why Catholics?: The political advantages of Catholic judges,” by William Saletan. Posted Nov. 1, 2005.

Trick and Treat: Sammy Alito is the whole bag of goodies,” by Dahlia Lithwick. Posted Oct. 31, 2005.

Alito v. O’Connor: How the nominee tried to restrict Roe,” by Emily Bazelon. Posted Oct. 31, 2005.

Ready to Rumble: The Supreme Court battle we’ve all been waiting for,” by John Dickerson. Posted Oct. 31, 2005.

Weak Day,” by Bruce Reed. Posted Oct. 31, 2005.