Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-MA) listens during the third day of confirmation hearings for U.S. Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito January 11, 2006 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.Photo by David Hume Kennerly/Getty Images Justice Samuel Alito once told the late Sen. Ted Kennedy that he respected Roe v. Wade's precedent. The NY Times previewed portions of Kennedy's journal in "Ted Kennedy: A Life" by John A.