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Updated: 10/31/2005 1:07 PM
By: Ron Fournier, Associated Press
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President Bush declared that Samuel Alito 'has more prior judicial experience than any Supreme Court nominee in more than 70 years.'
WASHINGTON -- President Bush, stung by the collapse of his previous choice, nominated veteran judge Samuel Alito on Monday in a bid to reshape the Supreme Court and mollify conservatives. Ready-to-rumble Democrats said Alito may curb abortion rights and be 'too radical for the American people.' "
