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Tuesday January 10, 2006 · 5:44 PM PST

2006/01/10 · 17:44

Who is the jurist Alito admires most? Why Robert Bork:

Speaking on a New Jersey public affairs television program, [Alito] showcased the philosophy that had won the confidence of his Washington mentors.
Asked his opinion of President Ronald Reagan's nomination of Robert H. Bork to the Supreme Court, Alito gave a ringing defense of the conservative icon he said had been "unjustifiably rejected" by the Senate in one of the most ideologically polarizing nomination battles in decades.
"I think [Bork] was one of the most outstanding nominees of this century," Alito told Michael Aron of NJN News's "Front Page New Jersey" in a little-noticed 1988 interview. "He is a man of unequaled ability, understanding of constitutional history, someone who had thought deeply throughout his entire life about constitutional issues and about the Supreme Court and the role it ought to play in American society."

In case you were wondering who Alito's judicial role model was.

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