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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.
Samuel A. Alito, Jr., associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 2006. A conservative jurist, Alito generally voted with other conservatives of the Court and authored opinions in significant cases decided by conservative majorities, including Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. and Janus v. AFSCME.
President George W. Bush nominated Associate Justice Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court in October 2005. Alito was confirmed by the Senate 58-42, with most Republicans and four Democrats...
Beginning in 1976, Alito worked as a law clerk for Judge Leonard I. Garth of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit before being hired as an assistant district attorney for...
Samuel A. Alito, Jr. is an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. President George W. Bush (R) nominated him on October 31, 2005, to fill the seat left vacant by Sandra Day O'Connor. The U.S. Senate confirmed him on January 31, 2006, in a 58-42 vote, and he was sworn in hours later. [1]
On October 31, 2005, President George W. Bush nominated Samuel Alito for Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States to replace retiring Justice Sandra Day O'Connor. Alito's nomination was confirmed by a 58–42 vote of the United States Senate on January 31, 2006.
Alito became the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey in 1987 and held that position until President George H.W. Bush nominated him to the Third Circuit in February 1990. The Senate unanimously confirmed him in April.
His appointment was confirmed by a 58-42 vote in the Senate in early 2006. As a justice of the highest court, Alito continues to rule based solely on the case in front of him, unlike his conservative colleagues’ style of ruling based on an overarching theory.
From 1977 to 1980, Justice Alito served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the appellate division, where he argued cases before the Third Circuit, to which he was later appointed. From 1981 to 1985, he served as Assistant to the Solicitor General.
In 1990 he was appointed by U.S. Pres. George Bush to serve as a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, establishing a conservative judicial record.