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Senate Committee on the Judiciary: S. Hrg. 109-277, Confirmation Hearing on the Nomination of Samuel A. Alito, Jr. to be Chief Justice of the United States

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S. Hrg. 109-277,
Confirmation Hearing on the Nomination of
Samual A. Alito, Jr. to be Chief Justice of the United States
January 9-13, 2006
Title Format and Size Print Copy Pages
— Front Matter —
Cover PDF 36KB i
Committee Members PDF 32KB ii
Contents PDF 44KB iii-ix
January 9-11, 2006
STATEMENTS OF COMMITTEE MEMBERS
Biden, Hon. Joseph R., Jr., a U.S. Senator from the State of Delaware PDF 40KB 15
Brownback, Hon. Sam, a U.S. Senator from the State of Kansas PDF 52KB 44
Coburn, Hon. Tom, a U.S. Senator from the State of Oklahoma PDF 48KB 47
Cornyn, Hon. John, a U.S. Senator from the State of Texas PDF 48KB 39
DeWine, Hon. Mike, a U.S. Senator from the State of Ohio PDF 52KB 24
Durbin, Hon. Richard J., a U.S. Senator from the State of Illinois PDF 52KB 41
Feingold, Hon. Russell D., a U.S. Senator from the State of Wisconsin PDF 36KB 31
Feinstein, Hon. Dianne, a U.S. Senator from the State of California PDF 48KB 26
Graham, Hon. Lindsey O., a U.S. Senator from the State of South Carolina PDF 52KB 33
Grassley, Hon. Charles E., a U.S. Senator from the State of Iowa PDF 36KB 13
Hatch, Hon. Orrin G., a U.S. Senator from the State of Utah PDF 36KB 8
Kennedy, Hon. Edward M., a U.S. Senator from the State of Massachusetts PDF 40KB 10
Kohl, Hon. Herbert, a U.S. Senator from the State of Wisconsin PDF 52KB 21
Kyl, Hon. Jon, a U.S. Senator from the State of Arizona PDF 40 KB 18
Leahy, Hon. Patrick J., a U.S. Senator from the State of Vermont PDF 52KB 5
prepared statement PDF 188KB 1229
Schumer, Hon. Charles E., a U.S. Senator from the State of New York PDF 52KB 36
prepared statement PDF 256KB 1443
Sessions, Hon. Jeff, a U.S. Senator from the State of Alabama PDF 52KB 28
Specter, Hon. Arlen, a U.S. Senator from the State of Pennsylvania PDF 52KB 2
PRESENTERS
Lautenberg, Hon. Frank R., a U.S. Senator from the State of New Jersey presenting Samuel A. Alito, Jr., Nominee to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States PDF 36KB 50
Whitman, Christine Todd, former Governor of New Jersey, and former Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, presenting Samuel A. Alito, Jr., Nominee to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States PDF 40KB 51
STATEMENT OF THE NOMINEE
Alito, Samuel A., Jr., of New Jersey, Nominee to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States PDF 40KB 54
Questionnaire PDF 12.5M 58
JANUARY 12, 2006
WITNESSES
Aldisert, Ruggero J., Senior Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania PDF 36KB 659
Axelrod, Edna Ball, Attorney at Law, Law Offices of Edna Ball Axelrod, South Orange, New Jersey PDF 36KB 681
Barry, Maryanne Trump, Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania PDF 36KB 658
Becker, Edward R., Senior Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania PDF 36KB 654
Garth, Leonard I., Senior Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, Chicago, Illinois PDF 52KB 661
Gerhardt, Michael J., Samuel Ashe Distinguished Professor of Constitutional Law, University of North Carolina School of Law, Chapel Hill, North Carolina PDF 48KB 683
Gibbons, John J., Judge (retired), U.S. Court of Appeals, and Director, Gibbons, Del Deo, Dolan, Griffinger & Vecchione, Newark, New Jersey PDF 52KB 664
Issacharoff, Samuel, Reiss Professor of Constitutional Law, New York University, New York, New York PDF 48KB 687
Kirsanow, Peter N., U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, and Partner, Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff, LLP, Cleveland, Ohio PDF 48KB 685
Lewis, Timothy K., Judge (retired), U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, and Counsel, Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis, LLP, Washington, D.C. PDF 80KB 667
Liu, Goodwin, Assistant Professor of Law, Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California PDF 80KB 690
Phillips, Carter G., Managing Partner, Sidley Austin, LLP, Washington, D.C. PDF 36KB 689
Scirica, Anthony J., Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania PDF 32KB 656
Tober, Stephen L., Esq., Chairman, American Bar Association Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary, Portsmouth New Hampshire; accompanied by Marna Tucker, Esq., D.C. Circuit Representative, American Bar Association Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary, Washington, D.C.; and John Payton, Esq., Federal Circuit Representative, American Bar Association Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary, Washington, D.C. PDF 76KB 641
JANUARY 13, 2006
WITNESSES
Chemerinsky, Erwin, Alston & Bird Professor of Law and Political Science, Duke University Law School, Durham, North Carolina PDF 48KB 708
Demleitner, Nora V., Vice Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor of Law, Hofstra University School of Law, Hempstead, New York PDF 48KB 706
Flym, John G.S., retired Professor of Law, Northeastern University School of Law, Boston, Massachusetts PDF 68KB 738
Fried, Charles, former Solicitor General of the United States, and Beneficial Professor of Law, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts PDF 44KB 713
Frost, Amanda, Assistant Professor of Law, Washington College of Law, American University, Washington, D.C. PDF 48KB 736
Gonzalez, Hon. Charles A., a Representative in Congress from the State of Texas PDF 48KB 750
Gray, Fred D., Senior Partner, Gray, Langford, Sapp, McGowan, Gray & Nathanson, Tuskegee, Alabama PDF 52KB 728
Kronman, Anthony, Sterling Professor of Law and former Dean, Yale Law School, New Haven, Connecticut PDF 36KB 710
Michelman, Kate, former President, National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League Pro-Choice America, Washington, D.C. PDF 48KB 731
Nolan, Beth, Partner, Crowell & Moring, LLP, Washington, D.C. PDF 48KB 711
Pringle, Katherine L., Partner, Friedman Kaplan Seiler & Adelman LLP, New York, New York PDF 48KB 748
Shaw, Theodore M., Director-Counsel and President, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. PDF 76KB 758
Sullivan, Ronald S., Jr., Associate Clinical Professor of Law, and Senior Fellow, Jamestown Project, Yale Law School, New Haven, Connecticut PDF 52 KB 733
Tribe, Laurence H., Carl M. Loeb University Professor and Professor of Constitutional Law, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts PDF 80KB 714
Turner, Reginald M., Jr., President, National Bar Association, Washington, D.C. PDF 48KB 756
Wasserman Schultz, Hon. Debbie, a Representative in Congress from the State of Florida PDF 48KB 752
White, Jack, Associate, Kirkland and Ellis, LLP, San Francisco, California PDF 40KB 754
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Responses of Samuel A. Alito, Jr. to questions submitted by Senators Biden, Durbin, Kennedy, Leahy, Levin, Schumer, and Feingold PDF 2M 773
Responses of Erwin Chemerinsky to questions submitted by Senators Coburn and Kennedy PDF 144KB 813
Response of Laurence Tribe to a question submitted by Senator Coburn PDF 128KB 816
SUBMISSIONS FOR THE RECORD
Aldisert, Ruggero J., Senior Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, prepared statement PDF 128KB 819
Alliance for Justice, Nan Aron, President, Washington, D.C., letter and attachment PDF 1M 823
American Association for Affirmative Action, Shirley J. Wilcher, Interim Executive Director, Washington, letter PDF 136KB 839
American Association of University Women, Lisa M. Maatz, Director, Public Policy and Government Relations, Washington, D.C., letter PDF 124KB 841

American Bar Association, Stephen L. Tober, Chair, Washington, D.C.:

letter, January 4, 2006

PDF 68KB 843

letter, January 9, 2006

PDF 732KB 845

American Civil Liberties Union, Washington, D.C.:

Shin Inouy, Legislative Office, January 9, 2006, press release

PDF 100KB 865

Anthony D. Romero, Executive Director, prepared statement

PDF 452KB 867
American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, John J. Sweeney, President, Washington, D.C., letter PDF 112KB 875
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, Gerald W. McEntee, International President, Washington, D.C., letter PDF 156KB 877
Americans United for Separation of Church and State, Rev. Barry W. Lynn, Executive Director, Washington, D.C., letter PDF 120KB 879
ADA Watch/National Coalition for Disability Rights, Jim Ward, Founder and President, Washington, D.C., letter PDF 136KB 881
Asian American Justice Center, Karen K. Narasaki, President and Executive Director, Washington, D.C., letter PDF 108KB 883
Attorneys General of various States, joint letter PDF 112KB 885
Axelrod, Edna Ball, Attorney at Law, South Orange, New Jersey, prepared statement PDF 160KB 888
Bar Association of San Francisco, Joan Haratani, President, San Francisco, California, letter PDF 356KB 892
Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law, Robert Bernstein, Executive Director, Washington, D.C., letter PDF 240KB 897
Becker, Edward R., Senior Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, prepared statement PDF 172KB 899
B’nai B’rith International, Joel S. Kaplan, President and Daniel S. Mariaschin, Executive Vice President, Washington, D.C., letter PDF 68KB 904
Boston Globe, Boston, Massachusetts, January 10, 2006, article PDF 136KB 905

Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence, Washington, D.C.:

Mike Barnes, President, letter

PDF 96KB 908

Dennis A. Henigan, Director, Legal Action Project, prepared statement

PDF 792KB 910
California Women Lawyers, Pearl Gondrella Mann, President, Sacramento, California, letter PDF 260KB 930
Catholics for a Free Choice, Frances Kissling, President, Washington, D.C., letter PDF 168KB 934
Center for Reproductive Rights, New York, New York, prepared statement PDF 572KB 937
Chemerinsky, Erwin, Alston & Bird Professor of Law and Political Science, Duke University Law School, Durham, North Carolina, prepared statement PDF 352KB 946
Chertoff, Michael, Secretary, Department of Homeland Security, Washington, D.C., press release PDF 44KB 957
Chicago Tribune, Steven Lubet and David McGowan, November 18, 2005, article PDF 104KB 958
Colorado Hispanic Bar Association, Victoria Lovato, President, Denver, Colorado, letter PDF 140KB 960

Congressional Hispanic Caucus, Hon. Grace Flores Napolitano, Chair, and Hon. Charles A. Gonzales, Chair, Congressional Hispanic Caucus Civil Rights Task Force, Washington, D.C.:

January 6, 2006, letter

PDF 156KB 963

January 20, 2006, letter

PDF 124KB 967
Congress of the United States, women Members of Congress, Washington, D.C., letter PDF 120KB 969
Daily Princetonian, Princeton, New Jersey, article PDF 212KB 972
Deans or former deans of law schools, joint letter PDF 148KB 976
Demleitner, Nora V., Vice Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor of Law, Hofstra University School of Law, Hempstead, New York, prepared statement PDF 184KB 979
Dujack, Stephen R., Alexandria, Virginia, prepared statement PDF 564KB 982
Earthjustice, Vawter Parker, Executive Director, Washington, D.C., letter PDF 104KB 992
Factual responses to falsehoods in the Knight-Ridder article attacking Judge Alito, list PDF 204KB 994
Fellow judges criticize application of precedent, list PDF 156KB 998
Feminist Majority, Eleanor Smeal, President, Arlington, Virginia, letter PDF 140KB 1000
Ferrara, Ralph C., former General Counsel of the Securities and Exchange Commission, and Partner, LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae LLP, Washington, D.C., letter PDF 240KB 1002
Fleming, Cathy, Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge, LLP, New York, New York, letter PDF 76KB 1006
Flym, John G.S., retired Professor of Law, Northeastern University School of Law, Boston, Massachusetts, prepared statement PDF 892KB 1008
Former law clerks of Judge Samuel A. Alito, Jr., joint letter PDF 184KB 1024
Fraternal Order of Police, Grand Lodge, Chuck Canterbury, National President,
Washington, D.C., letter
PDF 96KB 1029
Fried, Charles, former Solicitor General of the United States, and Beneficial Professor of Law, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, prepared statement PDF 396KB 1031
Friends of the Earth, Brent Blackwelder, President, Washington, D.C., letter PDF 136KB 1037
Frost, Amanda, Assistant Professor of Law, Washington College of Law, American University, Washington, D.C., prepared statement PDF 364KB 1039
Garth, Leonard I., Senior Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, Chicago, Illinois, prepared statement PDF 252KB 1050
Gerhardt, Michael J., Samuel Ashe Distinguished Professor of Constitutional Law, University of North Carolina School of Law, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, prepared statement PDF 712KB 1060
Gibbons, John J., Judge (retired), U.S. Court of Appeals, and Director, Gibbons,
Del Deo, Dolan, Griffinger & Vecchione, Newark, New Jersey, prepared
statement
PDF 292KB 1079
Gillers, Stephen, Emily Kempin Professor of Law, New York University School of Law, New York, New York, letter PDF 412KB 1091
Gonzales, Hon. Charles A., a Representative in Congress from the State of Texas, prepared statement PDF 448KB 1096
Gray, Fred D., Senior Partner, Gray, Langford, Sapp, McGowan, Gray & Nathanson, Tuskegee, Alabama, prepared statement PDF 296KB 1105
Hazard, Geoffrey C., Jr., Trustee Professor of Law, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, letter PDF 192KB 1114
Higginbotham, Michael, Wilson Elkins Professor of Law, University of Baltimore School of Law, Baltimore, Maryland, letter PDF 128KB 1118
Human Rights Campaign, Joe Solmonese, President, Washington, D.C. prepared statement and letter PDF 328KB 1120
Independent Living Center of Kern County, Norris Ledbetter, System Change Coordinator, and Bonita Coyle, Executive Director, Bakersfield, California, letter PDF 308KB 1126
Independent Living Resource Center San Francisco, Herb Levine, Executive Director, San Francisco, California, letter PDF 100KB 1131
Instances of judges testifying during Supreme Court confirmation hearings, list PDF 52KB 1133
Ipas, Charlotte Hord Smith, Policy Director, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, letter PDF 92KB 1134
Issacharoff, Samuel, Reiss Professor of Constitutional Law, New York University, New York, New York, prepared statement PDF 196KB 1136
Jackson Lee, Hon. Sheila, a Representative in Congress from the State of Texas, letter PDF 340KB 1140
Japanese American Citizens League, John Tateishi, National Executive Director, San Francisco, California, letter PDF 92KB 1149
Jewish Community Action, Vic Rosenthal, Executive Director, St. Paul, Minnesota, prepared statement PDF 136KB 1151
Jewish Council on Urban Affairs, Chicago, Illinois, prepared statement PDF 144KB 1153
Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, Malden, Massachusetts, article PDF 664KB 1155
Kirsanow, Peter N., U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, and Partner, Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff, LLP, Cleveland, Ohio, prepared statement PDF 516KB 1164
Kronman, Anthony, Sterling Professor of Law and former Dean, Yale Law
School, New Haven, Connecticut, prepared statement
PDF 164KB 1176
Lambda Legal, Kevin M. Cathcart, Executive Director, New York, New York, letter PDF 80KB 1180
Law professors who oppose the confirmation of Judge Alito, joint letter PDF 1M 1182
Law professors who support the confirmation of Judge Alito, joint letter PDF 92KB 1208
Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Marjorie Press Lindblom, Co-Chair and Robert E. Harrington, Co-Chair, Washington, D.C, prepared statement and letter PDF 252KB 1210
Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, Dorothy I. Height, Chairperson, and Wade Henderson, Executive Director, Washington, D.C., letter PDF 696KB 1216
League of United Latin American Citizens, Washington, D.C., press release PDF 264KB 1227
Legal Momentum, Lisalyn R. Jacobs, Vice President for Government Relations, Washington, D.C., letter PDF 172KB 1232
Legal professionals in support of the nomination of Judge Samuel A. Alito, Jr., joint letter PDF 468KB 1234
Liu, Goodwin, Assistant Professor of Law, Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California, prepared statement PDF 1M 1245
Mabel Wadsworth Women’s Health Center, Ruth Lockhart, Executive Director, Sharon Barker, President, Board of Directors, and Stephanie Cotsirilos, past President, Board of Directors, Bangor, Maine, letter PDF 360KB 1262
Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Ann Marie Tallman, President, General Counsel, Los Angeles, California, prepared statement PDF 200KB 1268
Michelman, Kate, former President, National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League Pro-Choice America, Washington, D.C., prepared statement PDF 192KB 1271
Morgan, Thomas D., Oppenheim Professor of Antitrust and Trade Regulation Law, George Washington School of Law, Washington, D.C., letter PDF 188KB 1276
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Hilary O. Shelton, Director, Washington Bureau, Washington, D.C., letter PDF 132KB 1279
NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., Theodore M. Shaw, Director-Counsel and President, Washington, D.C., prepared statement and attachment PDF 376KB 1281
NARAL Pro-Choice America, Nancy Keenan, President, Washington, D.C., prepared statement and letter PDF 348KB 1289
National Abortion Federation, Vicki A. Saporta, President and Chief Executive Officer, Washington, D.C., prepared statement and letter PDF 340KB 1298
National Association of Social Workers, Elizabeth J. Clark, Executive Director, Washington, D.C., letter PDF 68KB 1304
National Association of Women Lawyers, Stephanie A. Scharf, Chair, Committee for the Evaluation of Supreme Court Nominees, Chicago, Illinois, letter and attachment PDF 280KB 1305
National Cancer Institute, U.S. National Institutes of Health, Washington, D.C., report and fact sheets PDF 928KB 1308
National Council of Jewish Women, Phyllis Snyder, President, New York, New York, prepared statement and letter PDF 228KB 1323
National Council of Women’s Organizations, Susan Scanlan, Chair, and Terry O’Neil, Executive Director, Washington, D.C., letter PDF 96KB 1328
National Council on Independent Living, John Lancaster, Executive Director, and Kelly Buckland, President, Arlington, Virginia, letter PDF 284KB 1329
National District Attorneys Association, Paul A. Logli, President, and Thomas J. Charron, Executive Director, Alexandria, Virginia, letter and resolution PDF 112KB 1334
National Employment Lawyers Association, Marissa M. Tirona, Program Director, San Francisco, California, letter PDF 60KB 1336
National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association, Judith M. DeSarno, President, Chief Executive Officer, Washington, D.C., letter PDF 84KB 1337
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, Matt Foreman, Executive Director, Washington, D.C., letter PDF 120KB 1338

National Journal Group Inc., Washington, D.C.:

December 12, 2005, article

PDF 256KB 1340

January 9, 2006, article

PDF 256KB 1344
National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health, Silvia Henriquez, Executive Director, New York, New York, letter PDF 96KB 1347
National Organization for Women, Kim Gandy, President, Washington, D.C., prepared statement and letter PDF 164KB 1349
National Partnership for Women & Families, Debra L. Ness, President, Washington, D.C., letter and prepared statement PDF 2M 1352
National Urban League, Marc H. Morial, President and Chief Executive Officer, New York, New York, letter PDF 68KB 1382
National Women’s Law Center, Nancy Duff Campbell, Co-President and Marcia D. Greenberger, Co President, Washington, D.C., letter PDF 180KB 1383
Nolan, Beth, Partner, Crowell & Moring, LLP, Washington, D.C., prepared
statement
PDF 388KB 1386
Pennsylvania State Senators in support of Judge Samuel Alito, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, joint letter PDF 136KB 1395
People For the American Way, Ralph G. Neas, President, Washington, D.C., letter PDF 84KB 1398
Phillips, Carter G., Managing Partner, Sidley Austin, LLP, Washington, D.C., prepared statement PDF 200KB 1400
Physicians for Reproductive Choice and Health, Wendy Chavkin, MD, MPH,
Board Chair, New York, New York, prepared statement
PDF 176KB 1405
Planned Parenthood of America and Planned Parenthood Action Fund, KarenPearl, Interim President, Washington, D.C., letter and prepared statement PDF 464KB 1408
Precedents Justice Thomas has called for unraveling, list PDF 156KB 1417
Princeton Packet, Princeton, New Jersey, February 12, 1985, article PDF 400KB 1420
Pringle, Katherine L., Partner, Friedman Kaplan Seiler & Adelman, LLP, New York, New York, prepared statement PDF 136KB 1422
Reach Out America, Dorothy Puryear, Executive Committee, and Sybil Bank, Executive Committee, Great Neck, New York, letter PDF 60KB 1425
Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, Rabbi David Saperstein, Director and Counsel, and Jane Wishner, Chair, Commission on Social Action of Reform Judaism, Washington, D.C., letter PDF 216KB 1426
Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice, Reverend Carlton W. Veazey, President and CEO, Washington, D.C., letter PDF 116KB 1429
Republican Majority for Choice, Washington, D.C., Janury 11, 2006, press release PDF 244KB 1431
Rotunda, Ronald D., George Mason University Foundation Professor of Law, George Mason University School of Law, Arlington, Virginia, letter PDF 752KB 1433
Sergeants Benevolent Association, Police Department, City of New York, Ed Mullins, President, New York, New York, letter PDF 76KB 1448
Service Employees International Union, Andrew L. Stern, International President, and Anna Burger, International Secretary-Treasurer, Washington, D.C., letter PDF 284KB 1450
Shaw, Theodore M., Director-Counsel and President, NAACP Legal Defense
& Educational Fund, Inc., Washington, D.C., prepared statement
PDF 208KB 1456
Sierra Club, Patrick Gallagher, Director, Environmental Law Program, Washington, D.C., letter PDF 256KB 1460
Sullivan, Ronald S., Jr., Associate Clinical Professor of Law, and Senior Fellow, Jamestown Project, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, prepared statement PDF 1M 1464
Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney, Australia, January 3, 2006, article PDF 104KB 1491
Tober, Stephen L., Esq., American Bar Association, Washington, D.C., prepared statement PDF 296KB 1493
Tribe, Laurence H., Carl M. Loeb University Professor and Professor of Constitutional Law, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, prepared statement PDF 832KB 1498
Turner, Reginald M., Jr., President, National Bar Association, Washington, D.C., prepared statement PDF 616KB 1519
Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America, Institute for Public Affairs, Mark Bane, Chair, and Nathan J. Diament, Director, Washington, D.C., letter PDF 236KB 1536
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations, Robert C. Keithan, Director, Washington, D.C., letter PDF 164KB 1540
United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America, Alan Reuther, Legislative Director, letter PDF 72KB 1543
Violence Policy Center, M. Kristen Rand, Legislative Director, Washington,
D.C., letter
PDF 176KB 1545
Walk, R. David, Jr., Dechert LLP, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, letter PDF 140KB 1548
Wall Street Journal, New York, New York, January 5, 2006, article PDF 364KB 1550

Washington Post, Washington, D.C.:

January 2, 2006, article

PDF 96KB 1556

January 8, 2006, article

PDF 396KB 1558

January 9, 2006, article

PDF 384KB 1564
Washington Times, Washington, D.C., January 13, 2006, article PDF 92KB 1570
Wasserman Schultz, Hon. Debbie, a Representative in Congress from the State of Florida, prepared statement PDF 316KB 1572
White, Jack, Associate, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Washington, D.C., prepared statement PDF 148KB 1581
Women of Reform Judaism, Shelley Lindauer, Executive Director, and Rosanne M. Selfon, President, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, letter PDF 80KB 1585
Women’s Medical Fund, Inc., Anne Nicol Gaylor, Administrator, Madison, Wisconsin, letter PDF 52KB 1586
YWCA USA, Peggy Sanchez Mills, Chief Executive Officer, Washington, D.C., letter PDF 192KB 1587

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