Who is Samuel Alito?

The child of teachers, the justice now socializes with billionaires

Samuel Alito was not George W. Bush’s first choice for a Supreme Court justice. 

When Sandra Day O’Connor announced she was retiring on July 1, 2005, Bush nominated Harriet Miers to replace the court’s first female justice. 

Miers was an interesting choice. She served as Bush’s personal attorney when he was governor of Texas, and she  wrote him praise-fil…