Poll: Majority Support Alito Nomination
Posted on: Wednesday, 21 December 2005, 15:00 CST
A new poll shows most Americans support the nomination of Judge Samuel Alito Jr. to the Supreme Court but want him to uphold Roe vs. Wade.
Fifty-four percent of respondents to the Washington Post-ABC News poll support the Senate confirmation for Alito to replace retiring Associate Justice Sandra Day O'Connor.
Twenty-eight percent oppose confirming Alito, who is currently a U.S. Appeals Court Judge.
In November supporters were at 49 percent and opponents at 29.
Confirmation hearings are set to start Jan. 9 with a vote is scheduled for Jan. 20.
Sixty percent of those asked said they don't want Alito to overturn Roe vs. Wade, the 1973 Supreme Court case finding abortion legal.
While a lawyer in the Reagan administration, Alito wrote a brief opposing that decision.
The poll was conducted Thursday-Sunday with telephone calls to 1,003 randomly selected adults. The margin of error is 3 percentage points.
Source: United Press International
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