Justice Samuel Alito emphatically dissented from the Supreme Court’s decision to allow hospitals in Idaho to perform emergency abortions – claiming doctors must protect an “unborn child” under a federal law. In a 6-3 decision on Thursday, justices declined to issue a firm ruling on whether states can force patients with life-threatening pregnancies to get […]
The Supreme Court smacked down a Republican-appointed trial judge and appeals court on standing grounds, turning away a right-wing lawsuit. No, this isn’t the recent mifepristone ruling where that dynamic was at play, but a new decision, issued Wednesday, about Biden administration contacts with social media platforms regarding misinformation. Notably, the mifepristone decision was unanimous, […]
A corrupted, partisan United States Supreme Court is how we will lose our democracy. Right now, two Supreme Court justices have a demonstrable inability to be impartial on partisan matters, including those related to former President Donald Trump. Furthermore, they have received financial benefits from parties they have ruled in favor of. The justices have […]
Justice Samuel Alito was not present on Friday morning as the Supreme Court handed down opinions in the courtroom, the second day in a row he has been absent. Alito’s absence, for which the Supreme Court has not provided an explanation, is unusual because it’s the end of the term and the justices have issued […]
The case had all the markings of a plant. Two plaintiffs — Charles and Kathleen Moore — were challenging a foundational principle of the U.S. tax code, arguing that a provision in the Trump tax cuts causing a one-time tax on unrepatriated foreign profits was unconstitutional. The case — Moore v. United States — had […]
The Supreme Court threw out a ban on bump stock devices. The devices allow rifles to fire bullets quickly and were used in the 2017 Las Vegas mass shooting. Justice Samuel Alito wrote Congress would agree with a ban, but still struck the ban down. There’s “little doubt,” Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito wrote, that Congress […]
Lauren Windsor is not apologizing for recording her undercover conversations with Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, his wife Martha-Ann Alito and Chief Justice John Roberts. In an interview with POLITICO Magazine, the progressive activist and documentarian discussed how and why she posed as a sympathetic anti-abortion activist to secure candid — and pugnacious — comments […]
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito is facing renewed scrutiny after a speaking candidly about how compromise between the political left and right might be impossible. Alito was also heard agreeing with the woman who surreptitiously recorded him that America should return “to a place of Godliness.” In another secret recording, Alito’s wife, Martha-Ann, about having […]
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito was heard questioning whether compromise between the left and right is possible in a conversation posted on social media on Monday. The conservative justice is also heard agreeing with a woman who says the United States should return “to a place of godliness”. Liberal filmmaker Lauren Windsor posted the audio […]
By John Kruzel WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Conservative U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito in a secret recording made public on Monday by a liberal activist can be heard agreeing with the sentiment that the U.S. should return “to a place of godliness.” Reuters could not independently verify the authenticity of the recording that activist Lauren […]
Newly released audio recordings of Justice Samuel Alito appear to capture him speaking candidly about the limits of the investigation the Supreme Court conducted into the leak of his draft majority opinion in the 2022 case that ended the federal constitutional right to abortion. And in a separate recording, the justice’s wife, Martha-Ann Alito, said […]
Embattled Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito agreed the US should “return to a place of godliness,” in a secret recording of candid comments made at an event earlier this month. The conservative justice acknowledged that American society was polarized but said that there were differences of opinion on fundamental issues that “really can’t be compromised.” […]