Also, be sure to check out Dahlia Lithwick's daily wraps on the hearings at Slate.
Alito's apparent dedication to unchecked executive authority has suddenly -- with the fortuitous timing of the NSA spying story -- joined abortion at front and center of this hearing. And given the redacted haul from the ACLU's FOIA requests, every left-of-center nonprofit and activist has a deeply personal stake in the question.