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Samuel Anthony Alito Jr. (/ ə ˈ l iː t oʊ / ə-LEE-toh; born April 1, 1950) is an American jurist who serves as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. He was nominated to the high court by President George W. Bush on October 31, 2005, and has served on it since January 31, 2006.
Alito's nomination was confirmed by a 58–42 vote of the United States Senate on January 31, 2006. Alito was a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit at the time of his nomination to the Court. He had been appointed to that position by the president's father, President George H. W. Bush in 1990.
Samuel Alito is sworn in as an associate justice by Chief Justice John Roberts in the East Room of the White House on the day after his confirmation, February 1, 2006. Speculation abounded over potential nominations to the Supreme Court of the United States by President George W. Bush since before his presidency.
Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr., confirmed in 2006, is 74. ... In his first term, Trump appointed three conservative justices with the help of then-Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.).
Trump’s election has raised public anticipation that two of the court’s leading conservatives, Justice Clarence Thomas, 76, and Justice Samuel Alito, 74, may step down.
Donald Trump spoke with Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito hours before the president-elect urged the nation’s high court to block his imminent sentencing date in his hush money trial.. The ...
Following is a list of all Article III United States federal judges appointed by President George H. W. Bush during his ... Samuel Alito: Third: February 20, 1990 ...
Retired Justice Anthony Kennedy, appointed by former Republican president Ronald Reagan in 1988, is also in attendance. ... Clarence Thomas, Samuel A. Alito, Jr., Sonia Sotomayor and Neil M ...