Supreme Court Justice (nominated by Pres. George W. Bush 2005)
Congress has no authority to curb the sale of machine guns
In a controversial dissent in a 1996 case involving the sale and possession of machine guns, Alito argued that Congress had no authority to curb the sale - even of fully automatic machine guns - if they were not specifically involved in interstate
commerce. In a 2000 case, he wrote in a majority opinion that state employees were not eligible for sick leave under the federal Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993. His ruling was overturned by the Supreme Court in a 2003 decision written by Rehnquist.
Source: The Dallas Morning News
Oct 31, 2005
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