A group of Yale Law School faculty and students has reviewed all of the 415 opinions written by Circuit Judge and Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito. Their report can be categorized as generally critical of Alito's positions on key legal issues.
"A number of Judge Alito's decisions are difficult to reconcile with the general direction of American law," said project participant Brian Deese in a release issued by the project, "except when viewed in light of the broad philosophical views Judge Alito expressed in his job application of November 1985."
The release also quotes the report as blasting Alito's record on employment and discrimination. "Judge Alito consistently has used procedural and evidentiary standards to rule against female, minority, age, and disability claimants," it states. It places special focus on Alito's record of siding with employers, citing the fact that the Judge ruled in favor of employers and against unions or employees in all but 1/7 of related cases.
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The report has been delivered to all U.S. Senators. The Senate is set to begin confirmation hearings for Alito in January.
