The Supreme Court has eviscerated the ability for a majority of citizens to elect the representatives they want and have their will enacted.
Samuel Alito
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‘Roe,’ Precedent, and Reliance
In his draft opinion, Justice Alito dismisses the idea that unintended pregnancies can upend women’s lives.
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The End of the Right to Privacy
Samuel Alito’s draft opinion overruling Roe v. Wade also threatens gay rights, contraception, and even interracial marriages.
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Alito, Gorsuch, and Thomas Declare They’re Also Admirals
Today on TAP: Injecting themselves into the military chain of command, they take judicial activism to a new depth.
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Justice Samuel Alito’s Deep Roots in the American Right
He’s the most pro-corporate jurist on the Supreme Court. So decisions that grant companies religious rights or take aim at labor unions come quite naturally to him.
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Supreme Court Rules Disadvantaged Workers Should Be Disadvantaged Some More
The decision in Harris v. Quinn—written by the Court’s leading union-hater, Justice Samuel Alito—appears designed to cripple unions by creating incentives for “free riders.”
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Stevens Endorses Alito Free-Speech Dissent
In general, the resignation of John Paul Stevens was a great loss for the Court. But there are a few issues that bring out his Midwestern conservatism, and the interaction of free speech and patriotic symbols and rituals is one of them. So it’s not terribly surprising to see him endorse Samuel Alito‘s lone dissent […]
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Roberts and Alito Speak Softly but Carry a Big Gavel
Liberals used to think Clarence Thomas and Antonin Scalia were the scariest justices on the Court. Then came George W. Bush’s appointees.
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The Highly Selective Compassion of Samuel Alito
Emily Bazelon has an excellent article about Sam Alito, focusing on recent opinions in which his views center on his feelings for individuals he considers to have been wronged. Bazelon’s analysis first of all reminds me of Adam’s excellent point that the same conservative commentators who attacked Sonia Sotomayor for some mild comments suggesting that […]
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Alito’s Empathy.
Earlier today, the Supreme Court ruled that the homophobic Westboro Baptist Church has the First Amendment right to protest military funerals. With their boisterous antics and obscene signs, the Westboro protests offered the kind of free speech case that exemplifies the term “textbook.” Does the Westboro Baptist Church’s unique ability to offend common decency by […]