Immigration: Selected Opinions of Judge Samuel Alito


 

Publication Date: January 2006

Publisher: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service

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Research Area: Law and ethics

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Judge Samuel Alito, President Bush's nominee to replace retiring Justice Sandra Day O'Connor as an associate justice on the Supreme Court, has been a judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit since 1990. This report discusses notable majority and dissenting opinions written by Judge Alito relating to immigration.