Alito's first case on the SCOTUS

[weaktwos]

He broke with conservatives on a death penalty case.

Let's see what happens next!

Comments

[imlac.livejournal.com]

Wait... was that an ACTIVIST decision?

[misanthropist.livejournal.com]

I was talking about Alito yesterday in class. One theory floated by my professor was that all Bush cared about with regard to the nomination was that Alito would uphold Rehnquist's (and now Roberts') view that executive power is almost infinite.