Alito and the Concerned Alumni of Princeton
Posted by Moonage on 12 Jan 2006 | Tagged as: The Legal Process
There’s a lot of discussion on Alito & the Concerned Alumni of Princeton. IMO, this is the only article worth reading:
Earlier this week, recently released documents drew attention for showing that, in a 1985 job application, Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito ‘72 wrote that he is "particularly proud" of his work on cases arguing that "racial and ethnic quotas should not be allowed and that the Constitution does not protect a right to an abortion."
Now, opponents to his nomination are using another piece of information from those documents to suggest he is far outside the mainstream in his political and social views: Near the end of his "Personal Qualifications Statement" for a high-level job in Ronald Reagan’s Justice Department, Alito wrote that he was "a member of the Concerned Alumni of Princeton University, a conservative alumni group."
Interviews with several alumni who were students in the 1970s paint a picture of Concerned Alumni of Princeton (CAP) as a far-right organization funded by conservative alumni committed to turning back the clock on coeducation at the University…….
It was printed in the Daily Princetonian on November 18. 2005. IMO it paints exactly the picture Alito explained. Especially revealing IMO are the comments by Judge Napolitano. Sure, he most likely "joined" the group. Sure, the group, as MOST college interests groups were at that time, became radical ( ask John Kerry ). But, I think he did it to beef up his resume only, as a lot of college kids do ( see the numerous collegiate who’s who organizations ). This is much ado over nothing. It’s the only straw Kennedy can grasp at. And, it’s not going anywhere.
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