1.0 link 10620 <![CDATA[Alito: No on Abortion]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-schlesinger/alito-no-on-abortion_b_10620.html The Washington Times has the scoop of the day, producing a 1985 Sam Alito job application in which he rejects the notion of a Constitutional protection for abortion.

Alito was applying to become deputy assistant to then-Attorney General Ed Meese.

From the WTimes:

Judge Samuel A. Alito Jr., President Bush's Supreme Court nominee, wrote that "the Constitution does not protect a right to an abortion" in a 1985 document obtained by The Washington Times.

"I personally believe very strongly" in this legal position,...

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