Blog Round-Up – Tuesday, November 1st

In nomination news:

PrawfsBlawg has this post on “Deconstructing Scalito” and this post on Alito, business and contract law.
Opinio Juris has this post on Judge Alito and Internationalism. Opinio Juris also has this post on Alito and forced abortions (abroad).
Blue Mass Group has this post on the Alito that MoveOn hasn’t mentioned. The post discusses the fact that any appellate judge with years of service will have a long paper trail that is relatively easy to manipulate and that this manipulation process of has already begun for Judge Alito.
Mirror of Justice has this post on Catholics and the Court responding to this post by Rick Garnett on the same topic.
Concurring Opinions has this post on Alito and securities law.
The Financial Times has this article on the dangers of simplifying Alito’s view on abortion.
Sentencing Law & Policy has this post on Judge Alito and the death penalty.
The New Republic has this article by Cass Sunstein on Alito.
David Frum has this prediction for the Alito nomination in the National Review Online.
Jack Balkin has this post on what the Alito nomination means for constitutional law.
The Legal Times has this article on the fact that Alito was nominated for his judicial experience and conservative credentials.

On a lighter note:

Underneath Their Robes has this post with comments on the Alito nomination from his former clerks and this post on Alito’s family.

In non-nomination news:

Criminal Appeal as this update on state Blakely cases.
ACSBlog has this post on Gonzales v. O Centro Espirita Beneficiente Uniao do Vegetal, a case that comes before the Supreme Court Tuesday regarding the religious use of a hallucinogen.