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      "id": 311204,
      "date": "2006-01-06",
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      "title": "The Environmental Opinions of Judge Samuel Alito",
      "summary": "The nomination of Judge Samuel A. Alito, Jr., to serve on the Supreme Court has prompted\nclose\nscrutiny of his judicial opinions during 15 years as an appellate judge. A review of the 34 opinions\nin environmental cases in which Judge Alito participated generally reveals careful reasoning based\non straightforward readings of statutes or regulations, without broad philosophical assertions. At\nthe same time, a small number of his opinions arguably suggest endorsement of larger jurisprudential\nprinciples that may present hurdles to environmental plaintiffs (through narrow interpretation of a\nconstitutional standing requirement), government enforcement (through stringent evidentiary\nrequirements), and congressional legislating (through a narrow reading of the Commerce Clause).",
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