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Alito and Sotomayor have striking similarities

WASHINGTON - Look at the resumes of the last two candidates for the Supreme Court - Justice Samuel Alito and recent nominee Sonia Sotomayor - and a surprising number of similarities emerge.

Born four years apart, they both grew up Roman Catholic in modest homes wanting to be judges, attended the same Ivy League schools, became prosecutors in their first full-time jobs and served more than...

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