On Capitol Hill, the Senate confirmation hearings of Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito enter a third day today. On Tuesday much of the Senators’ questioning focused on two issues: abortion and presidential power during wartime. On abortion Alito admitted that in 1985 he wrote that the Constitution does not protect the right to an abortion but vowed to “approach the question with an open mind” if confirmed to the high court. Alito said the president was not above the law but sidestepped questions as to whether the president could skirt laws banning torture or if the president could order the National Security Agency to order spying operations inside the country without a court warrant.