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WASHINGTON (AP) - The views that Samuel Alito expressed on reapportionment in a 20-year-old document could jeopardize his Supreme Court nomination and provoke a filibuster, a leading Democratic senator said Sunday.
``I think he's got a lot of explaining to do, and depending on how he does, I think will determine whether or not he has a problem or not,'' said Sen. Joseph Biden, a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, which plans confirmation hearings in early January....
``If he really believes that reapportionment is a questionable decision - that is, the idea of Baker v. Carr, one man, one vote - then clearly, clearly, you'll find a lot of people, including me, willing to do whatever they can to keep him off the court. ... That would include a filibuster, if need be,'' Biden said.
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