In Washington, Congress is expected to vote today to confirm Judge Samuel Alito to replace Sandra Day O’Connor on the Supreme Court. Senate Democrats failed to halt his nomination on Monday after 19 Democrats voted against a filibuster. Senate aides say they now expect 41 Senators, including Republican Lincoln Chafee of Rhode Island, to vote against Alito’s confirmation. If so, Alito will be joining the court with less Senate support than any Supreme Court justice in the past century besides Clarence Thomas who was opposed by 48 Senators in 1991. Legal experts predict Alito will move the Court sharply to the right. People for the American Way President Ralph Neas warned “If Alito is true to his record, he will side far more often with the rights of the powerful against the powerless, favor corporations and big government against the rights and privacy of individuals.” Neas went on to say that Alito will “seek to roll back a woman’s right to choose, and undermine legal protections for women, immigrants, minorities, and Americans with disabilities.” If confirmed, Alito could be sworn in as early as today hours ahead of the President Bush’s State of the Union address . While Bush will be addressing Congress tonight, protesters–led by the World Can’t Wait coalition–will be demonstrating outside the Capitol. The group is staging over 60 protests across the country tonight as well as another demonstration on Saturday in Washington.