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Although a few Third Circuit opinions involving asylum claims have been discussed in othersections of this report, this section discusses some notable opinions by Judge Alito that have focusedprimarily on issues relating to the substantive grounds for asylum eligibility. Inreaching this decision, the majority noted that the Supreme Court had "historically drawn a sharpdistinction between 'judicial review' ... and the courts' power to entertain petitions for writs of habeascorpus." of Justice .
Judge Samuel Alito, President Bush's nominee to replace retiring Justice Sandra DayO'Connor as an associate justice on the Supreme Court, has been a judge for the U.S. Court ofAppeals for the Third Circuit since 1990. This report discusses notable majority and dissentingopinions written by Judge Alito relating to immigration.