Analyzing Judge Alito's Votes: By Issue

During his 15 years as a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit, Samuel A. Alito Jr. helped to decide 221 cases in which the court's opinion was divided. To shed light on Alito's views, The Washington Post reviewed these cases and coded Alito's votes. The results of this review are shown here by issue. Read more about the analysis.

Although the newspaper used the Westlaw and Lexis online services to find these cases, many can be searched by case name on the 3rd Circuit's public Web site.

See also: Results shown by case | Blog: Campaign for the Supreme Court | Story | Graphic.

• Cases involving age, sex, race or disability discrimination claims
• Cases involving any government agency or unit, except criminal cases
• Cases involving church-state issues
• Cases involving criminal search, trial and sentencing (including death penalty)
• Cases involving employment disputes, except discrimination claims
• Cases involving federal and congressional powers (states' rights)
• Cases involving First Amendment rights, except church-state
• Cases involving lawsuits against businesses, except those brought by employees