| Judging Alito
Gunther, Marc ; Levenson, Eugenia
Fortune, November 28, 2005, pp. 133-136
“Just hours after President Bush nominated Samuel A. Alito Jr. to
the U.S. Supreme Court, the predictable rush to judgment began.
Pro-life leaders called Alito a fast train to a world without Roe
v. Wade. Liberals called him an opponent of fundamental rights and
protections. And as for business, the verdict was unanimous. Big
Business likes Alito. To ask whether Alito is pro-business is to
pose the wrong question. Why? Consider some of the cases on the
Supreme Court's docket this term. Three antitrust actions, including
a price-fixing case brought by 23,000 gas station owners against
a joint venture of Shell and Texaco, pit businesses against businesses.
Alito has supported corporations consistently in some arenas, notably
employment and discrimination law.” Marc Gunther is a senior
writer at Fortune magazine who covers the media industry and writes
about the impact of business on society. Eugenia Levenson is a reporter
for Fortune magazine.
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