Alito the Liberal

I wonder what Teddy Kennedy thinks of him now. In Crawford v. Taylor, the first split of Justice Alito's tenure, he sides with the liberal faction of the Court:

The application to vacate the stay of execution of sentence of death entered by the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit on February 1, 2006, presented to Justice Alito and by him referred to the Court, is denied.

The Chief Justice, Justice Scalia, and Justice Thomas would grant the application to vacate.

Granted, this is not really a big decision when considering the work of the Supreme Court, but interesting nonetheless.