Skip Navigation
Home Information Sharing & Analysis Prevention & Protection Preparedness & Response Research Commerce & Trade Travel Security & Procedures Immigration
About the Department Open for Business Press Room
Current National Threat Level is elevated

The threat level in the airline sector is High or Orange. Read more.

Homeland Security 5 Year Anniversary 2003 - 2008, One Team, One Mission Securing the Homeland

Statement by Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff on Judge Samuel Alito

Release Date: 01/10/06 00:00:00

For Immediate Release
Contact: DHS Press Office, 202-282-8010
January 10, 2006

During Judge Samuel Alito's confirmation hearings today, some criticism has apparently been leveled at him based on his dissent from a Fourth Amendment decision, which I wrote when I served on the Third Circuit.

I enthusiastically support Judge Alito's nomination.  He is an outstanding jurist. Of course, judges sometimes disagree about the application of a legal principle to a narrow set of facts in a specific case.  What is not subject to dispute is Judge Alito's fairness, intellect, and commitment to the Constitution.  Through the years I worked with him as a prosecutor and as a fellow judge, he displayed a strong belief in, and commitment to, the principles of the Fourth Amendment and equal justice.

###

This page was last modified on 01/10/06 00:00:00