Washington D.C., Oct 30, 2005 / 22:00 pm
Still recovering from the rejection of Harriet Miers, his first pick to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, President Bush received welcome support from many pro-lifers and religious groups today for his latest pick of Judge Samuel Alito to fill the spot.
While the debate over Alito, announced this morning, has yet to play out, many are praising the nominee for his strong anti-abortion stance, especially in a well known case against Planned Parenthood in 1991.
In it, Alito, a Catholic, was the lone dissenter in a decision which struck down a Pennsylvania law requiring women to tell their spouses if they were going to have an abortion.
In this morning’s nomination, the president stressed that 55-year old Alito has more judicial experience than any other Supreme Court Justice has had in over 70 years. This was a heavy point of contention with the nomination of Miers, who had never served as a judge.