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Alito accused of racism

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Originally published 11:46 p.m., January 11, 2006, updated 12:00 a.m., January 12, 2006

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Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee yesterday raised the volume of their objections to the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Samuel A. Alito Jr. by grilling him over his ties to a Princeton alumni group that they called racist and misogynist.

They also accused Judge Alito of always ruling against "the little guy" and of evading their questions on abortion and such other hot-button issues as his membership in Concerned Alumni of Princeton, which opposed the admission of women to the all-male school.

"Explanations about the membership in this sort of radical group and why you listed it on your job application are extremely troubling," said Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, Massachusetts Democrat. "And, in fact, I don't think that they add up."

Mr. Kennedy demanded during yesterday's hearing that records about the group be subpoenaed, and panel chairman Arlen Specter secured access to the documents during yesterday's lunch break. By yesterday afternoon, staffers for Democrats and Republicans were going through the records at the Library of Congress, a task expected to be finished by this morning.

Republicans dismissed the dust-up -- the most dramatic exchange in three days of hearings -- as a desperate, last-ditch effort by Democrats to stop certain confirmation of Judge Alito.

"Your critics are, I think, grasping at any straw to tarnish your record," said Sen. Charles E. Grassley, Iowa Republican.

"It's kind of like we're in the fourth quarter of a football game, and you're the quarterback," he said. "Your team is way ahead here in the fourth quarter, and opponents are very desperate, keep trying to sack you and aren't doing a very good job of it."

But it did get to Judge Alito's wife, Martha, who sat directly behind him.

Sen. Lindsey Graham, South Carolina Republican, questioned the nominee about his association with the alumni group in an effort to portray Democratic accusations as ridiculous.

"Are you really a closet bigot?" he asked.

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