Democrats scrutinize Alito in Vanguard case - Yahoo! News

Democrats scrutinize Alito in Vanguard case - Yahoo! News: "Wed Nov 9, 6:42 PM ET

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Democrats on Wednesday stepped up their scrutiny of Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito's role in a 2002 case that they say could pose a possible conflict of interest.

When Alito became a federal appeals court judge in 1990, he promised to recuse himself from cases involving Vanguard mutual funds, because he had personal investments through the company. Yet he participated in a case decided in 2002 involving Vanguard."