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wow! for a guy who comes across in person as so thoughtful and reasonable, sam alito sure picked up a lot of baggage in 15 years on the bench.

his opposition to a "partial-birth" abortion ban actually makes him relatively moderate on abortion, in spite of voting the other way on spousal notification.

but he's also got a muddy record on civil rights, search & seizure, assault weapons, and a bunch of other stuff.