Category: Samuel Alito

Supreme Court: ‘Nothing to Suggest’ Alito Leaked 2014 Decision

The U.S. Supreme Court says that there is no indication that Justice Samuel Alito leaked a 2014 decision. A lawyer for the nation’s top court said in a letter to lawmakers on Nov. 28 that allegations Alito disclosed details about the decision to friends are “uncorroborated” and that Alito has denied being behind the leak….


Dershowitz: Kagan Questioning Supreme Court’s Legitimacy Hurts the Court

The repeated criticism of fellow justices by Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan is hurting the nation’s top court, according to Alan Dershowitz, a professor of law emeritus at the Harvard Law School. Kagan has thrice in recent weeks criticized her colleagues, taking aim at justices appointed by former President Donald Trump after the court overturned…


Dershowitz: Justices Commenting on Supreme Court’s Legitimacy Hurts the Court

The comments by justices in recent weeks on the Supreme Court’s legitimacy are hurting the nation’s top court, according to Alan Dershowitz, a professor of law emeritus at the Harvard Law School. Justice Elena Kagan has thrice in recent weeks criticized her colleagues, taking aim at justices appointed by former President Donald Trump after the…


The Supreme Court’s Decision Could Have Ramifications in Australia

Commentary As expected, since the leaking of Associate Justice Samuel Alito’s draft opinion in early May, the American Supreme Court has now overturned the nearly 50-year precedent of Roe v Wade and Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pa. v Casey. Since Roe v Wade was decided in 1973, America has been fiercely divided into pro-life and…


3 Arrested Following Protests Against Supreme Court Abortion Ruling

Two people have been arrested following protests at the Supreme Court and another for disrupting traffic by protesting atop a nearby bridge over the court’s majority decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey, which has sent legislative powers for abortion access back to the states. The two were arrested for the…


Pro-Abortion Activists Protest in Cities, Burn American Flag

Pro-abortion activists began to assemble in cities across America on Friday afternoon to protest in response to the Supreme Court overturning Roe vs. Wade, a seminal ruling that made abortion legal nationwide in 1973. The activists congregated in New York, Washington, Los Angeles, San Francisco, as well as Chicago, Seattle, and other cities. In the nation’s…


Republicans, Democrats React to Overturning of Roe v. Wade; AOC Declares Decision ‘Illegitimate’

Republican leaders are lauding the U.S. Supreme Court’s overturning of the Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion at a national level, while Democrats are decrying what they call the revocation of women’s rights. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), who played a role in preserving the seat left vacant by the late Supreme Court Justice…


Republicans, Democrats React to Overturning of Roe v. Wade

Republican leaders are lauding the U.S. Supreme Court’s overturning of the Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion at a national level, while Democrats are decrying what they call the revocation of women’s rights. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), who played a role in preserving the seat left vacant by the late Supreme Court Justice…


Alito: SCOTUS Wrong to Rule Civil Rights Law Protects Gay and Transgender Employees

News analysis As the Supreme Court continues struggling with the unprecedented leak earlier this month of a draft majority opinion that would reverse Roe v. Wade, the draft’s author, Justice Samuel Alito, told a law school audience he was bothered by a court opinion written by a conservative colleague that extended employment protections to gay…


The Potential Reversal of Roe v. Wade Precedent by US Supreme Court

Commentary The story about the leaking of a draft opinion, which purports to reverse the Roe v. Wade decision, is met with great disbelief in the United States. Justice Samuel Alito writes in his decision that “Roe was egregiously wrong from the start,” and “We hold that Roe and Casey must be overruled.” In the document, labelled as the “Opinion of…