Justice Alito

Samuel Alito was confirmed and sworn in as Associate Justice this afternoon. The Donks lose another battle and this one has repercussions well past two, four or even six years:

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Samuel Alito was sworn in as a U.S. Supreme Court justice on Tuesday after a divided Senate confirmed the second conservative selected by President George W. Bush in his effort to move the high court to the right.

Chief Justice John Roberts, Bush's first Supreme Court nominee, administered the constitutional and judicial oaths in a private ceremony at the court, a spokeswoman said.

Just hours earlier, the sharply divided Senate confirmed Alito, 55, a federal appeals judge since 1990, to the nation's highest court on a largely party line vote of 58-42.

Reactions from both sides can be found here, here, here and here. Boy, the looneys sure are pissed.