Senate Democrats Ask Alito For Another Round of Papers

Senate Democrats yesterday called for Supreme Court nominee Samuel A. Alito Jr. to provide them with more information about his time as a federal judge and a government lawyer, citing "questions that seem to have incomplete answers."

The White House said it was just part of a ploy leading up to Democratic senators' opposing Alito, who was chosen by President Bush to replace retiring Justice Sandra Day O'Connor.

Alito, who worked as a federal appellate judge, a federal prosecutor and a government lawyer before being nominated for the Supreme Court, submitted thousands of pages of documents to the Senate Judiciary Committee last month as part of his answers to the committee's questionnaire.

The committee asked him to provide it with copies of all of his speeches, reports and Supreme Court cases, but Democrats say Alito did not submit several speeches, memos and Supreme Court cases.

"We are aware that you worked on at least three cases which you did not list and for which you did not provide materials," Judiciary Committee Democrats said in a letter to Alito asking him to explain the discrepancy or submit the material.