About us Login Get email updates
Research
Print

Toobin falsely claimed Alito was in majority when he voted to uphold search of 10-year-old girl

January 10, 2006 1:36 pm ET

Trouble viewing clip? Download: QT | WMV

SUMMARY: CNN legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin falsely claimed that Supreme Court nominee Samuel A. Alito Jr. was in the majority on a three-judge panel when he said that the physical and visual search of a 10-year-old girl and her mother was legal. In fact, Alito dissented from the majority opinion, which ruled that the search was illegal.

Comments

Return to the full post.