Samuel Alito

"Oh! Acosta!" he exclaimed. "I saw that picture up there earlier and thought, 'That guy looks like Alex Acosta!'" (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

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Mike Lee was in our offices when he learned about Alexander Acosta’s nomination, and he was thrilled

Jason Russell · February 16, 2017 6:41 pm

Acosta has served in three POTUS-appointed, Senate-confirmed positions. (AP photo/Alan Diaz)

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6 things to know about Alexander Acosta, Trump’s new pick for labor secretary

Becket Adams · February 16, 2017 6:10 pm

Trump has had political success by being unpredictable, but now is not the time for surprises. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Stick to your list, Mr. President

Washington Examiner · January 31, 2017 5:01 am

Eleven years ago tomorrow, Justice Alito was confirmed by a vote of 58 to 42. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

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It’s Justice Alito’s filibuster-versary — how much has the Senate changed since then?

David Freddoso · January 30, 2017 9:00 pm

Gifts of confidential information from an executive to a relative break the law, the court ruled. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Supreme Court supports insider trading conviction

Ryan Lovelace · December 6, 2016 5:59 pm

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito mourned the death of Justice Antonin Scalia but made no mention of the court's vacant seat. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Alito mourns Scalia: ‘He changed the way the court works’

Ryan Lovelace · November 17, 2016 4:49 pm

The Supreme Court late Thursday issued a last-minute stay on the Alabama execution of Thomas A. Douglas. (Mickey Welsh/The Montgomery Advertiser via AP)

Supreme Court halts Alabama execution for 7th time

Kelly Cohen · November 4, 2016 1:09 pm

"We hold, based on constitutional history, this court's decisions, and longstanding practice, that a state may draw its legislative districts based on total population," Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg wrote. (AP Photo)

Supreme Court rejects effort to draw district lines based on voter population

Joel Gehrke · April 4, 2016 4:39 pm

White House: Obama ‘regrets’ filibustering Alito

White House: Obama ‘regrets’ filibustering Alito

Nicole Duran · February 17, 2016 7:03 pm

It's worth going back and looking at President Obama's justification for filibustering Samuel Alito in 2006. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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Obama’s absurd defense of his Alito filibuster

Philip Klein · February 17, 2016 4:18 pm

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg mourned the late Antonin Scalia, her ideological rival but best buddy on the court, in a statement Sunday. (AP Photos)

Ginsburg mourns ‘buddy’ Scalia

Dan Friedman · February 14, 2016 8:41 pm

Justices have spoken at the conservative lawyers' convention since 2009. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)

Conservative justices skip Federalist Society event

Sean Higgins · October 30, 2015 6:38 pm