Senate Dems Begin Push on Alito 
WASHINGTON (AP)-- Senate Democrats are pressing for extensive records on the participation of Judge Samuel Alito in an appeals case involving a mutual fund company with which he had a six-figure investment.In their first coordinated challenge to Alito's nomination to the Supreme Court, the eight Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday sent a letter to the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals saying Alito had promised the panel in 1990 he would "disqualify myself from any cases involving the Vanguard companies.
Nice move. Let's forget the right-wing loon stuff for now ...that will become apparent (or not) in the hearings. Planting the seeds of overall ethical questions before the questioning starts is a good move. It's also the right move for the country, when a judge with personal financial investments in the outcome of a case fails to recuse himself.
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