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Nominee Plays Down Remarks on Quotas and Abortion
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| Contributor | RP |
| Last Edited | RP Nov 16, 2005 12:17pm |
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| Category | General |
| Media | Newspaper - New York Times |
| News Date | Wednesday, November 16, 2005 06:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Seeking to tamp down a political uproar over a 1985 document in which he denounced racial quotas and said the Constitution did not protect the right to abortion, Judge Samuel A. Alito Jr. told senators on Tuesday that the sentiments were simply the views of "an advocate seeking a job."
The document, an application for a promotion within the Reagan administration, could complicate Judge Alito's nomination for the Supreme Court, opening him up to questions during his confirmation hearings about his personal views on the politically sensitive issues of abortion and civil rights. Other nominees have been able to dodge such questions, but both Republicans and Democrats said Tuesday that Judge Alito might be unable to do so. |
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