Alito confirmation questionnaire [US Senate Judiciary Committee]

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Alito confirmation questionnaire [US Senate Judiciary Committee]

Bernard Hibbitts

November 30, 2005 11:47:00 am

US Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito's responses to the US Senate Judiciary Committee nomination questionnaire, released November 30, 2005. Read the full text of the answered questionnaire [PDF].

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