Five days of Senate Judiciary Committee consideration ended with Chairman Arlen Specter announcing his support for President George W. Bush’s nomination of Alito for the high court.
The Pennsylvania Republican predicted all eight Democrats on the panel would vote against him.
"I intend to vote to support Judge Alito’s nomination as associate justice of the Supreme Court," said Specter, a political moderate who supports legalized abortion.
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