Joining Alito and the majority were Chief Justice Roberts and Justices Scalia, Kennedy and Thomas.
Nobody knows for sure how Mr Bush's two appointees, Mr Roberts and Samuel Alito, would vote.
Justice Alito does a nice job explaining the distinction on page four of his majority opinion.
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Alito and Roberts share a conservative philosophy, but it is not considered a rigid stance.
He was supported by Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito.
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Four conservative justices -- Samuel Alito, Antonin Scalia, Anthony Kennedy and Clarence Thomas -- dissented.
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Carrigan the Supreme Court justice unleashes his patented withering attacks on a fellow conservative, Samuel Alito.
That effort failed, and Justice Alito has since carved a consistent conservative record in the court.
If Alito ascends to O'Connor's seat, businesses might get more of their cases before the justices.
"This aggressive use of power by the SEIU is indefensible, " wrote Justice Samuel Alito.
Alito enjoyed his job well enough, but he was uncomfortable with its public aspects.
Senate hearings on the Supreme Court nomination of Samuel Alito, scheduled to begin Jan. 9.
Over the course of the process that culminated in the confirmation of Samuel A. Alito, Jr.
Cutter, a lawyer, helped Senate Democrats plot strategy on the Roberts and Alito nominations.
Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Clarence Thomas, Stephen Breyer and Samuel Alito joined the majority.
Alito disagreed with the legal rationale used by the woman he would replace: Justice Sandra Day O'Connor.
Alito also seemed concerned that wealthy students from preferred minorities might have an advantage over other applicants.
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Judge Alito said that the prison had the authority to stop them from getting newspapers and magazines.
In separate concurring opinions, Justice Antonin Scalia and Justice Samuel Alito said Ginsburg's interpretation wasn't strict enough.
Justices Antonin Scalia and Samuel Alito, the newest justice, hinted at their support for the administration's position.
There are four Justices -- Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas and Alito -- who seem sincere in that belief.
Opposite them on the conservative wing are Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito and Chief Justice Roberts himself.
"All and all, business wins, " if Alito is confirmed, said Ted Frank, resident fellow at the Washington D.
Justice Alito's reaction departed from the traditional expressionless, stone-like pose the justices take when attending politically tinged events.
As a U.S. senator, Obama joined the unsuccessful 2006 Democratic-led filibuster of Samuel Alito to join the Supreme Court.
The Alito hearings are a manifestation of this warping of our political process.
Michigan, a double-jeopardy case, Sotomayor wrote the opinion and conservative Samuel Alito dissented, drawing no other conservatives with him.
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President Bush nominated Roberts and Alito to the Supreme Court in 2005.
In deference to precedent, Mr Roberts, Mr Alito and Stephen Breyer ruled that donations can be limited but spending cannot.
In another case from 2000, Alito agreed with other judges who found unconstitutional a New Jersey law banning late-term abortions.
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