Alito goes left

It's his first decision, but I think he may be one of us:

Alito, handling his first case, sided with inmate Michael Taylor, who had won a stay from an appeals court earlier in the evening. Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas supported lifting the stay, but Alito joined the remaining five members in turning down Missouri's last-minute request to allow a midnight execution.

Okay, I don't really think that. But Republicans everywhere have that uneasy feeling, and Democrats are probably thinking this is pure public relations move to show he's not pure conservative.

An abortion ruling should come by the end of the year. We'll see where he falls on that one before we scream triumphant from the rooftops.