Samuel Alito

Supreme Court Associate Justice Samuel Alito dodged a question when asked about a leaked draft opinion that he wrote showing the court was about to overturn Roe v Wade. Mr Alito made his first appearance since the draft opinion leaked at Antonin Scalia Law School at George Mason University, The Washington Post reported. Toward the end of the talk, a questioner asked how he and the other justices were.“I think it would just be really helpful for all of us to hear, personally, are you all doing okay in these very challenging times,” someone asked Mr Alito, who spoke...

The justice who authored the leaked document striking down abortion rights reportedly said it was “a subject I told myself I wasn’t going to talk about today."

New interview with SCOTUS judge Samuel Alito reveals tensions seem to be bubbling between members of the Supreme Court.

All is not well at the Supreme Court. Last week Justice Samuel Alito spoke for the first time following the leak of his draft opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health, which will overturn reproductive freedom in this country. The justice appeared at an event at ASSLaw — otherwise known as George Mason University’s Antonin Scalia Law School, for the uninitiated — and he couldn’t handle even a pretty basic inquiry.

Since the premature release of Justice Samuel Alito’s draft of his opinion on the aspects of the Mississippi law outlawing abortion’s after 15-weeks (Dobbs vs Jackson Women’s Health Organization), we have been granted a unique preliminary view that Justice Alito believes both Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey “must be overruled”.

When Roe goes, no need to worry about other important issues grounded in the same precedent. Or so says Samuel Alito’s draft opinion.

ALEXANDRIA, VA – Since the Supreme Court draft decision was released, which outlined striking down Roe v. Wade was leaked to the public, demonstrators have taken their protests from the steps of the Supreme Court to the homes of Supreme Court Justices. Gathered in an Alexandria, Virginia Walgreens parking...

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Protesters marched to the home of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito after the leak of his anti-abortion draft opinion. The demonstrators then held a candlelight vigil outside the residence. About 100 protesters attended the demonstration in Alexandria, Virginia on Monday evening. Tension is rising over the court’s stance on the 1973 landmark decision, Roe v Wade, which legalized abortion across the US – a right activists worry is in jeopardy. The leaked draft opinion written by Justice Alito outlining his case for overturning Roe v Wade revealed that there’s a majority on the court for such a move. Justice...

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (7News) — Protests continue nationwide in response to the Supreme Court Roe v. Wade draft opinion that was leaked last week. Hundreds marched near Justice Samuel Alito’s house in Alexandria Monday night. There was a large police presence. Earlier Monday, students at dozens of high schools...

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A few dozen protesters marched down a quiet, dead-end street in the Alexandria section of Fairfax County Monday night and stopped in front of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito's home. With police both blocking traffic and standing guard outside Alito's home, the protesters chanted, gave speeches, and held a moment of silence all in response to a leaked draft opinion by the conservative justice that called for the overturning of the abortion rights case Roe vs. Wade.

"SNL’s cold opens tend to be ambitious sketches aimed at the week’s major headlines," says Amanda Wicks. "More often than not, the show strives to satirize several different marks rather than home in on a single point. But (Saturday) night’s open delivered a focused barrage of punch lines about how men in the Middle Ages understood the world and viewed women, and questioned why that period’s principles should serve as the legal precedent for our contemporary age." Wicks adds: "In the conversation about reproductive rights, conservatives have been dominating, telling 'better' stories, the writer Rebecca Traister recently argued. But last night, SNL dismantled the regressive tale Alito established with his opinion and crafted a sharp-edged rebuttal of its own." ALSO: Benedict Cumberbatch killed it in his second time hosting SNL.

The "Last Week Tonight" host trashed the Supreme Court draft opinion on the abortion rights case.

Benedict Cumberbatch kicked off his Saturday Night Live episode with a bang, acting in the hilarious sketch about a medieval laws affect on Roe v Wade — at least according to Justice Samuel Alito. “We now go to that profound moment of moral clarity, almost a thousand years ago, which laid such a clear foundation for what our laws should be in 2022,” a scrolling text opened the sketch, before Benedict — in full medieval attire — popped up.

The leak of a majority draft opinion by Justice Samuel Alito this week, which revealed the Majority Conservative Supreme Court does intend to overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade ruling, is raising alarms among many not just because of what it would mean in terms of women's rights to make decisions for their own bodies, but also some of the alarming language within the draft.

The man who wrote the draft supreme court opinion overturning Roe v Wade is known for his quick temper and ‘traditional’ values. For a member of one of the most august and venerable institutions in American public life, Samuel Alito has provoked an astonishing outpouring of jarring adjectives this week. “Appalling and heinous” – Vanity Fair; “acidic and extreme” – Slate; “dreadful and repugnant” – the Washington Post; “scathing and dismissive” – Los Angeles Times.