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Samuel A. Alito, Jr.
Associate Justice, Supreme Court of the United States. Active service.
Confirmed 58 to 42Confirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- George W. Bush
- Nominated
- November 10, 2005
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- January 13, 2006
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), January 24, 2006
- Senate vote
- Recorded vote, 58 to 42
- Confirmed
- January 31, 2006
- Commissioned
- January 31, 2006
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1950, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it.
Source: Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Federal Judges · This judge’s entry. Our copy saved October 16, 2026, fingerprint 92b677f26553b479.
Earlier federal judicial service
- Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. Appointed by George H.W. Bush; commissioned ; confirmed by voice vote. Service ended January 31, 2006: Appointment to Another Judicial Position.
Career, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it
- Law clerk, Hon. Leonard I. Garth, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, 1976-1977
- Assistant U.S. attorney, District of New Jersey, 1977-1981
- Assistant to the solicitor general, U.S. Department of Justice, 1981-1985
- Deputy assistant attorney general, U.S. Department of Justice, 1985-1987
- U.S. attorney for the District of New Jersey, 1987-1990
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