Blog Round-Up – Friday, January 13th

On the hearings:

Here is an article in the New York Times titled, “Blogger Reaction to the Alito Hearings.”

Here PrawfsBlawg asks if Alito is an originalist.

Here the Campaign for the Court has a post on a conversation between Mrs. Alito and the First Lady.

Here you can find Professor Issacharoff’s testimony on Judge Alito and the reapportionment decisions.

Here Sentencing Law & Policy tells us why we should watch the Alito hearings.

Here is BlackProf Blog with commentary about Mrs. Alito.

Here is the Economist with an article on the hearings.

Here is Balkinization with a post positing that the Alito hearings make clear that at this point in American constitutional history, a Supreme Court nominee must recite a catechism of belief if he or she is to be confirmed.

Here Think Progress has a post on the lawyers who prepped Alito for the hearings.

Here is ACSBlog with a post on Alito and Bork.

Here is Dahlia Lithwick’s latest article, titled “Please Don’t Feed the Federalists
A Democrat’s field guide to the conservative jurist.”

The Volokh Conspiracy has a series of posts on Alito and the CAP inquiry. Here is the latest.

In related news:

Here is Concurring Opinions with a post on the possibility of designating Circuit Judges for service on the Supreme Court when a recusal raises the possibility of a case being affirmed by an equally divided Court.

Here is Orin Kerr with a post Justice Harlan’s confirmation.