Fair play

Will lawmakers give Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito the same treatment plaintiffs say they had from his bench? "I felt I had had my day in court | Lynn Vincent

The confirmation of a Supreme Court justice is for many people a distant exercise in democracy, a flash-popping political minuet staged at Beltway podiums and power lunches, in paneled offices and hearing rooms—philosophically but not personally important.

Not for David Warren Saxe.

To the Pennsylvania State University education professor, the high-court confirmation of 3rd Circuit appeals court Judge Samuel Alito is very personal. That's because Mr. Saxe is the Saxe—as in Saxe v. State College, one among thousands of Alito cases now being sifted for partisan gunpowder.

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November 12, 2005, Vol. 20, No. 44

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