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January 09, 2006
Democrats set stage for debate battle over Alito
Biden: 'Genuine struggle' afoot over application of Constitution
WASHINGTON - Democrats promised Samuel Alito tough questions on executive power, privacy rights and abortion as the Senate Judiciary Committee opened confirmation hearings Monday on President Bush’s choice to become the nation’s 110th Supreme Court justice.
Sen. Joseph Biden, D-Del., focused on the larger debate over interpretation of the Constitution, saying that there is a "genuine struggle" over key issues in the document, thus the questioning was right to be extensive and probing.
The hearings, he said, come in the middle of "the most significant national debate in modern Constitutional history," he said, arguing that Americans are "entitled to know" what Alito thinks.
Posted by admin at January 9, 2006 07:20 PM