The National Pro-Life Action Center has 5 questions they submitted to the Senate Judiciary Committee for Judge Alito.

Now, these questions are almost certainly NOT going to be asked, but they should be. I'm going to list them and explain their importance:

1.) Do basic human rights come only from government or are they rooted in something that transcends government?

The question goes back to our first principles found in the Declaration of Independence. Do our rights come from our creator or the government? If our rights from the government then what the government giveth the government can take away. If they come from God, the government cannot rightfully take them away.

2.) Is man's inherent human nature fixed or does raw political power determine who is and is not a member of the human family?

This has to be the question least likely to be asked during the hearings. But it pends down a candidate on whether they'd be part of the next Dred Scott decision or Roe v. Wade.

3.) Is law merely the construct of jurists and lawmakers or is it based on first principles of morals and justice?

Really the same as 1. If you believe the law is the result of transcendent morality and justice, you're not going to re-interpret it.

4.) Is the proper role of the judiciary to restrain/limit itself to interpreting law or does it possess de facto legislative powers?

5.)Should the judiciary share power equally with the other two branches of government (the legislative and executive) or should its powers transcend them?

They're pretty much the same question and I expect the question of where Alito views the role of the judiciary will come up repeatedly, but will be buried in political and judicial weasel words, rather than getting a clear vision of the judge's vision for the judiciary. I just wish someone would shoot as straight as NPLAC does in these questions. Instead, you're going to see a lot of posturing in the hearings rather than getting to the heart of the matter.