"""WASHINGTON - Samuel Anthony Alito Jr. became the nation's 110th Supreme Court justice on Tuesday, confirmed with the most partisan victory in modern history after a fierce battle over the future direction of the high court.
The Senate voted 58-42 to confirm Alito — a former federal appellate judge, U.S. attorney, and conservative lawyer for the Reagan administration from New Jersey — as the replacement for retiring Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, who has been a moderate swing vote on the court."""
The final tally was 58-42. I'm waiting on the roll call tally, but four democrats crossed party lines, and Lincoln Chafee crossed for the GOP.
Carl Levin (who doesn't even live in Michigan anymore) and Debbie Stabenow tried to fillibuster this, so they surely voted no as well.
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