All eight Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee yesterday wrote to Attorney General Gonzales asking for documents relating to Samuel Alito's service in the Justice Department. They requested internal memos Alito wrote in the Office of the Solicitor General relating to cases before the Supreme Court, 45 opinions the committee has not yet received and any internal memos he wrote in the Office of Legal Counsel -- noting that memos already received by the committee have shed light on Alito's "legal views of important constitutional issues as well as his approach to precedent and other key judicial concepts."
A few internal memos Alito wrote while in the Justice Department have already been made public, and it does not appear that the sky has fallen. The Administration should turn over anything else that will help the Senate and the public know what it would be getting if Alito is confirmed.
