A fish does not spring to mind -- nor does an antelope, a colonial farmhouse, a hydrofoil or an oil derrick. Justice Samuel Alito More Quotes by Justice Samuel Alito More Quotes From Justice Samuel Alito Given the way the confirmation process -- the interviews of senators that occur immediately upon the announcement of the nomination -- I think it would be very difficult for somebody who has not been dealing with the whole breadth of federal law that may come before the Supreme Court to be ready for those interviews, or at least to have thought about how you interpret the Constitution, how do you interpret the statutes, what do you think about precedents -- issues like that, you will be hit with all of that immediately once the nomination has been announced. Justice Samuel Alito politics We will deal with it. Justice Samuel Alito politics We will see what develops. Justice Samuel Alito politics We don't choose our colleagues. The presidents choose the justices and the judges and the Senate confirms them. Justice Samuel Alito politics We came down here, we checked into the hotel under an assumed name arranged by the White House. Justice Samuel Alito politics Let's be honest about what's going on here. Justice Samuel Alito politics Too much public discourse today is sullied by ad hominem rhetoric, that is, attempts to discredit an argument not by proving that it is unsound but by attacking the character or motives of the argument's proponents, the majority regrettably succumbs to this trend. Justice Samuel Alito
