Read about the Senate hearings on the nomination by President George W. Bush of Samuel Alito in January, 2006. You can find out why the hearings and the nomination were so contentious.

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news hour, pbs, pbs: the online newshour: the samuel alito nomination, samuel alito, supreme court nominations

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• Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)