 In a resolution adopted unanimously by its Board of Directors, the Knights of Columbus endorsed the nomination of federal circuit judge Samuel Alito to the U.S. Supreme Court.
The action, taken during the board's quarterly meeting in New York City, called upon "members of the United States Senate to vote in a timely manner to confirm" him as associate justice. The Senate Judiciary Committee approved the nomination of Judge Samuel Alito to the U. S. Supreme Court on Jan. 24.
The resolution observed that "during his fifteen years as a federal judge [Alito] has articulated a clear and well-reasoned view of the religion clauses of the First Amendment that is protective of religious liberty and which incorporates an appropriately broad view of the Constitution's guarantee of religious free exercise."
"Samuel Alito is a distinguished and highly regarded judge," the resolution continued, adding that he "demonstrated exceptional knowledge of Constitutional law and a laudable judicial temperament during hearings on his nomination." It noted that he "has been found to be 'well qualified' for that position by the American Bar Association."
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