WASHINGTON – Senate Democrats on Sunday promised a drawn-out confirmation and perhaps a filibuster for Samuel Alito if the Supreme Court nominee evades or refuses to answer their questions on abortion ...

There was no clear outcome following the hearing to determine if IQ should play a role in execution sentences.

WASHINGTON – Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito can expect severe questioning from a bloc of Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee this week in a confirmation hearing that promises to be the ...

Do not be surprised if, at some point during next week's confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito, a trumpet blast is sounded in the hearing room, winged angels descend, and ...

In oral arguments for a First Amendment case before the Supreme Court Wednesday, Justice Samuel Alito pursued an odd line of questioning regarding free speech and pornography. During Wednesday’s ...

President Bush's latest nominee is a mainstream conservative to supporters, but liberal opponents call him a dangerous ideologue way to the right of retiring Justice Sandra Day O'Connor. The American ...

It might have been Samuel Alito '72 who took the stage and withstood scrutiny during last week's confirmation hearings, but a whole cast of supporting characters also had roles to play. As an on-site ...

Members of the Senate Judiciary Committee have decided to exploit Judge Samuel Alito's confirmation hearings for grandstanding and politicizing the judiciary. The hearings afford senators a chance to ...

Samuel A. Alito Jr., President Bush's nominee to succeed Sandra Day O'Connor on the U.S. Supreme Court, told his Senate confirmation hearing today that he has no judicial agenda and pledged to ...

BOSTON -- Now that it's all over but the accusations, let's take a minute to check the reviews. The performance, no, excuse me, the confirmation hearings of Judge Samuel Alito Jr. were most often ...

WASHINGTON -- The Republican-controlled Senate will begin hearings Jan. 9 on Judge Samuel Alito's appointment to the Supreme Court, leaders of the Judiciary Committee announced Thursday, a bipartisan ...

The wife of Justice Samuel Alito has maintained a relatively low profile ever since her husband joined the highest court in the land in 2006. But that all changed earlier this month, when The New York ...