Sen. Russ Feingold's biggest gripe with Judge Alito's integrity
is the old yarn about his investment in Vanguard mutual funds. This
accusation is already warmed over from the months of scrutiny of
Alito's record: judges are encouraged to invest in mutual funds
precisely because doing so avoids conflict of interests. Alito
(rightly) didn't recuse himself from a case involving Vanguard
because he's their customer, not an investor. Their success or
failure in a case has no bearing on the worth of his investment in
their funds.
