http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051120/ap_on_go_co/alito_2;_ylt=AjxacuiGHsdw6bvod_YJznduCM0A;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl Biden: Chance of Alito Filibuster Higher 12 minutes ago
WASHINGTON - The views that Samuel Alito expressed on reapportionment in a 20-year-old document could jeopardize his Supreme Court nomination and provoke a filibuster, a leading Democratic senator said Sunday.
"I think he's got a lot of explaining to do, and depending on how he does, I think will determine whether or not he has a problem or not," said Sen. Joseph Biden (news, bio, voting record), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, which plans confirmation hearings in early January.
In 1985, Alito was applying to become deputy assistant attorney general in the Reagan administration. In the document, he boasted that while working as an assistant to the solicitor general, he helped "to advance legal positions in which I personally believe very strongly."
Drawing the most attention from Alito's critics today is his comment on abortion.