Debate grows over Alito statement on abortion
Thursday, November 17, 2005
Jesse J. Holland
Associated Press Washington - Democrats said on Wednesday that Samuel Alito's confirmation was not guaranteed as senators kept the focus on a 20-year-old document in which the Supreme Court nominee asserted that the Constitution "does not protect a right to an abortion." "Anyone who thinks that this nomination is a foregone conclusion is sadly mistaken," said New York Sen. Charles Schumer, one of several Democrats who used Senate speeches to criticize Alito. To read the rest of this story from the Cleveland Plain Dealer click here.
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