Then-Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito told Democratic Sen. Ted Kennedy in late 2005 that he respected Roe v. Wade and that he believed a right to privacy was “settled” law, according to ...

Farrell is the author of Ted Kennedy: A Life. He is also the author of Richard Nixon: The Life, which was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 2018. The town of Pawling, in the foothills of the ...

The 2005 exchange between the two men is based on portions from Mr. Kennedy’s private diary that will be made public for the first time in “Ted Kennedy: A Life,” a book by this writer that ...