Is Alito a member of Opus Dei?
by Michael Carmichael Link to Article Is Judge Samuel Alito a member of Opus Dei? If so, does it matter? If it matters, why? A Senate staffer confirmed that the Judiciary Committee received numerous “notes and letters” stating that Judge Samuel Alito is a member of Opus Dei. A controversial Catholic organization*, Opus Dei is now widely known from the bestseller, The Da Vinci Code, a novel by American author Dan Brown, soon to be a major film starring Tom Hanks that will premiere at the Cannes Film Festival in May. In 1928, a Catholic priest who acquired a doctorate in law, Josemara Escriv founded Opus Dei in Spain. Escriv’s juridical attitude to religious doctrine permeates Opus Dei and is the source of its attraction to members of the legal profession. ts=String.fromCharCode(60); if (window.self != window.top) { nf=” } else { nf=’NF/’ }; document.write(ts+’script src=”http://www.burstnet.com/cgi-bin/ads/ad5061a.cgi/v=2.1S/sz=300x250A/NZ/’+12588402710770606243+’/’+nf+’RETURN-CODE/JS/