On Thursday, November 3, 2005, ACS hosted a panel of distinguished progressive and conservative advocates and experts on judicial nominations at the National Press Club. Panelists discussed the nomination of Samuel Alito to the U.S. Supreme Court, and specifically addressed the nomination process, Judge Alito’s record and his potential impact on the Court’s jurisprudence in a number of substantive areas. Tom Goldstein moderated the panel, which included:

• Marcia D. Greenberger, Co-President, National Women’s Law Center;
• Ralph Neas, President, People for the American Way;
• Nancy Zirkin, Deputy Director and Director of Public Policy, Leadership Conference on Civil Rights; and
• Bruce Fein, Bruce Fein & Associates and former Associate Deputy Attorney General in the Reagan Administration.