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...Alito is firmly in the realm of this country's best legal
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I agree with everything you've said, with a quibble about the above. I do believe that Alito is a good judge,as I've said. But I wouldn't put him up there with say, McConnell, Kozinski or Posner on the right. I mean, he's not a hack <cough> Edith Jones <cough>, but he's not a superstar either, IMO.