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Samuel Alito

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito | Erin Schaff/UPI/Newscom

Congress

Congress Can Regulate the Supreme Court—But There Are Limits to That Power

Justice Alito was wrong to suggest Congress has no authority to regulate the Court. But that authority is itself subject to constraint.

Ilya Somin |The Volokh Conspiracy | 7.29.2023 6:09 PM

U.S. Supreme Court building |  DPST/Newscom

Supreme Court

Partisanship Is Muddling the Important Debate Over Supreme Court Ethics

Ethics allegations have been raised against Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch, and Sonia Sotomayor. Both sides have retreated into whataboutism.

Steven Greenhut | 7.21.2023 8:00 AM

Samuel Alito next to a cartoon of a theater on fire on a tan background | Illustration: Lex Villena; Maksim Pauliukevich

Free Speech

Yes, You Can Yell 'Fire' in a Crowded Theater

On Tuesday, Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito repeated the common myth that "shouting 'fire' in a crowded theater" is unprotected speech.

Emma Camp | 10.27.2022 2:57 PM

Sex police in a post-Roe world | Illustration: Lex Villena; Christopher Nuzzaco, Tom Dowd

Abortion

Get Ready for the Post-Roe Sex Police!

If life begins at conception, there are virtually no limits on government surveillance of women in a post-Roe world.

Nick Gillespie | 6.24.2022 5:55 PM

US Supreme Court James Madison | Illustration: Lex Villena; Fred Schilling, Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States

Abortion

Alito's Abortion Ruling Overturning Roe Is an Insult to the 9th Amendment

The Constitution protects many more rights than it mentions, as James Madison explained.

Damon Root | 6.24.2022 10:55 AM

Chicago Protest | Chris Riha/ZUMAPRESS/Newscom

Abortion

Is Abortion a Constitutional Right? Josh Blackman on Alito's Draft

The constitutional scholar on abortion, Sam Alito, and the future of federalism

Nick Gillespie | 5.9.2022 11:25 AM

Samuel-Alito-10-17-13-Flickr | Italy in US/Flickr

War on Drugs

Samuel Alito Thinks It's Obviously Absurd To Suggest That Drug Prohibition Violates the Constitution

The justice overlooks the long American tradition of pharmacological freedom and the dubious constitutional basis for federal bans.

Jacob Sullum | 5.6.2022 5:15 PM

sfphotosfive410023 | CHINE NOUVELLE/SIPA/Newscom

Reason Roundup

Alito's Draft Opinion That Would Overturn Roe Is a Disaster of Legal Reasoning

Plus: How abortion used to be less partisan, NFT sales have plummeted, and more...

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 5.4.2022 9:53 AM

dreamstime_xl_111177227 | Photo 111177227 © Vladek | Dreamstime.com

Supreme Court

Don't Prosecute the Supreme Court Leaker

If the leaker's identity is ever revealed, he or she will face serious professional and reputational sanctions. There's no need to wish for criminal punishments too.

Eric Boehm | 5.3.2022 3:50 PM

zumaamericasthirtyfour382058 | Allison Bailey/ZUMAPRESS/Newscom

Abortion

The End of Roe? Everything You Need To Know About the Leaked Supreme Court Draft Opinion

Plus: Boston rebuked for rejecting Christian flag, Google will remove more personal information, and more...

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 5.3.2022 9:30 AM

Andy-Beshear-Newscom | Bryan Woolston/Zuma Press/Newscom

Coronavirus

SCOTUS Declines To Let Kentucky Religious Schools Reopen Without Addressing the Constitutionality of Closing Them

The justices emphasized that K-12 schools are currently scheduled to reopen after winter break.

Jacob Sullum | 12.18.2020 12:20 PM

Sheldon-Whitehouse-11-11-20-Newscom | Walsh Susan/Pool/ABACA/Newscom

Supreme Court

Alito Rightly Slams Five Democratic Senators for 'Bullying' the Supreme Court

The senators warned that the Court might have to be "restructured" if it did not reach the conclusion they preferred in a Second Amendment case.

Jacob Sullum | 11.13.2020 3:40 PM

Samuel-Alito-Federalist-Society-speech-11-13-20 | Federalist Society

Coronavirus

Justice Samuel Alito Highlights the Legal Issues Raised by 'Previously Unimaginable' COVID-19 Restrictions

When "fundamental rights are restricted" during an emergency, he says, the courts "cannot close their eyes."

Jacob Sullum | 11.13.2020 2:15 PM

Gorsuch-CSPAN | C-SPAN

Supreme Court

A Leftist Makes the Case for Originalism

What’s worse for the left, a conservative originalist or a conservative living constitutionalist?

Damon Root | 5.6.2019 1:15 PM

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