Samuel A. Alito Jr.

Judge Samuel A. Alito Jr. arrives for a meeting with Sen. Tim Johnson, D-S.D., not pictured, on Capitol Hill Nov. 1, 2005, to discuss his nomination to the Supreme Court. President Bush nominated Alito to the Supreme Court the day before.

President Bush, left, shakes hands with judge Samuel Alito after announcing Alito's selection as Supreme Court nominee in the Cross Hall of the White House Oct. 31, 2005.

President Bush introduces Alito as his Supreme Court nominee Oct. 31, 2005 at the White House.

Members of the family of U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Samuel A. Alito Jr. listen as President Bush introduces Alito as his choice for the Supreme Court. From left, they are daughter Laura, son Philip, and wife Martha.

This undated photo provided by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit shows Judge Samuel A. Alito of the U.S. Court of Appeals in Philadelphia. President Bush has nominated Alito to the Supreme Court.

President Bush introduces U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Samuel A. Alito Jr. as his nominee to replace Sandra Day O'Connor Oct. 31, 2005.

Judge Samuel Alito listens as President Bush, not pictured, announces him as his Supreme Court judicial nominee at the White House Oct. 31, 2005.

President Bush watches Judge Samuel A. Alito of the U.S. Court of Appeals in Philadelphia speak after he announced him as his new nominee for the Supreme Court Oct. 31, 2005.

President Bush watches Judge Samuel Alito speak after he announced Alito's selection as his new nominee for the Supreme Court Oct. 31, 2005, at the White House.

Judge Samuel Alito, left, and his daughter, Laura, are greeted by Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., as they arrive on Capitol Hill Oct. 31, 2005. Alito was meeting with members of the Senate shortly after being nominated for the U.S. Supreme Court.

Judge Samuel Alito, second from right, arrives with son Philip, wife Martha-Ann Bomgardner, and daughter Laura on Capitol Hill Oct. 31, 2005. Alito was meeting with members of the Senate shortly after being nominated for the U.S. Supreme Court.

U.S. Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito, center, poses for a photo with Senate Majority leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., at right, along with Alito's son, Philip; his wife, Martha, and his daughter, Laura, on the steps of the Russell Senate Building in Washington Oct. 31, 2005.

Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito, right, and his wife, Martha, arrive Oct. 31, 2005 on Capitol Hill, where he was making courtesy calls on senators.

Rose Alito, 90, mother of U.S. Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito, sits, Oct. 31, 2005, in the Hamilton, N.J., home where she raised Samuel and his sister, Rosemary. Mrs. Alito still lives in the home and saved many of Samuel's school projects and awards, like these from a 1959 Mercerville School Science Fair.

Rose Alito, 90, mother Samuel Alito, sits with one of her son's school projects Oct. 31, 2005, in the Hamilton, N.J. home where Samuel Alito grew up. More candid than her son might wish, she said, "I think he was upset that he didn't get there in the first shot, that Miers got it." That was a reference to President Bush's choice of Harriet Miers, since withdrawn.

In this undated photo from the 1950s released by Judge Samuel Alito's mother, Rose Alito, Supreme Court nominee Judge Samuel Alito is seen at about age 4 pretending to speak on a telephone.

In a photo released by his mother, Supreme Court nominee Judge Samuel Alito is seen in a 1990 photograph at the time of his appointment to the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

In this photo taken from a family album and released by his mother, Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito is seen with his wife, Martha-Ann Bomgardner, and their two children, Philip and Laura.

The home of Samuel A. Alito Jr. is seen in West Caldwell, N.J., Oct. 31, 2005.