Alito Stops Short of Thomas, Scalia in Abortion, Religion Cases
Bloomberg has posted this article (2.1.2008) by Greg Stohr. It argues that Justice Alito is like Justice O’Connor with regard to his propsensity to overturn precedents:
Still, Alito has stopped short of voting to overturn precedents that Thomas and Scalia decry, including the landmark Roe v. Wade abortion-rights decision. In that regard, Alito resembles the justice he replaced, Sandra Day O’Connor, more than he does Scalia, said Marci Hamilton, a professor at Yeshiva University’s Cardozo School of Law in New York.
“Justice Alito is just not willing to overturn precedents precipitously,” said Hamilton, a former O’Connor law clerk. “He wants to see how the law develops.”