I didn’t expect that The Daily Princetonian would get a small scoop on Samuel Alito, class of 1972. The correction at the end of the article takes some of the sting out, but it’s still good digging by the reporter.

I confess a soft spot for the source: I was Chairman (what we called editor-in-chief) of the Prince in 1977-78, which was a great, formative experience. An alumni friend told me at the time that it would be many years before I had a position of equivalent responsibility. With the arrogance of youth, I scoffed at the time, but he was right.