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Patrick Leahy: “The new documents showed Alito to be an eager and early partisan in the ranks of ideological activists in his party's…”

On the recordNovember 13, 2005
The new documents showed Alito to be an eager and early partisan in the ranks of ideological activists in his party's extreme right wing.
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Patrick Leahy
Democratic · Vermont

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Leahy critiques Alito's past, indicating his alignment with extreme right-wing ideologies.

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