Category: Samuel Alito

EXCLUSIVE: Virginia Attorney General Calls on Local Prosecutors to Charge Supreme Court Protesters

Virginia’s attorney general is calling on prosecutors to enforce a law that bars disruptions outside people’s homes after about 100 hundred protesters descended on the residence of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito. At issue is Virginia code that forbids gathering outside a person’s house “in a manner which disrupts or threatens to disrupt any individual’s…


After Horrific SCOTUS Leak, Justices Must Plow Ahead and Overturn Roe

Commentary The scandalous leak of a full draft of Justice Samuel Alito’s five-justice-strong majority opinion in this term’s marquee Supreme Court case, Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, is an event without precedent in the Court’s history. If Alito’s coalition holds, the leaked majority opinion, a February-dated first draft whose authenticity has been confirmed by…


Pro-Abortion Activists Hold Protests in Cities Around US, Drawing Concern From Some GOP Officials

Protests were staged in many cities across the United States over the weekend, as pro-abortion activists sought to ensure their right to end an unwanted pregnancy, after a leaked draft opinion of the Supreme Court indicates that the court is set to overturn the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that declared access to abortion a constitutional…


Capitol Report (May 5): Supreme Court Erects Fencing

Security is heightened around the Supreme Court ahead of its decision on overturning Roe v. Wade. Fencing was erected Wednesday night, and there are concerns about violent protests in the days to come. The leak of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito’s draft opinion has shaken the institution, but what about the substance of what he wrote? We…


Draft Opinion Overturning Roe v. Wade Won’t Have Ripples, Legal Experts Say

News analysis Conservative legal experts consulted by The Epoch Times reject predictions by left-wing lawmakers that if the Supreme Court formally adopts the leaked majority draft opinion striking down Roe v. Wade, the high court’s conservative majority will follow up by overturning precedents protecting same-sex marriage and civil rights. Roe v. Wade is the seminal…


Roe v. Wade Is Inevitably Going Away

Commentary The current uproar over the leaked draft from the U.S. Supreme Court deliberations over abortion—and the rage of the pro-abortion Left over the likelihood that the conservative justices (three of whom were nominated by President Donald Trump) will now repeal Roe v. Wade—is in some ways a lot of noise about the inevitable. Roe…


The End of Roe?

Commentary Chief Justice John Roberts has confirmed the accuracy of a leaked document that revealed an initial majority vote to overturn Roe vs. Wade. In that memo, Justice Samuel Alito wrote that the 1973 case overturning restrictive state abortion laws was “egregiously wrong from the start.” So where do the 64 million babies aborted in the United States…


Losing the people? Then Change the Rules

Commentary Court packing—the attempt to enlarge the size of the Supreme Court for short-term political purposes—used to be a dirty word in the history of American jurisprudence. The tradition of a nine-person Supreme Court is now 153 years old. The last attempt to expand it for political gain was President Franklin Roosevelt’s failed effort in…


Facts Matter (May 3): Supreme Court Decides to Overturn Roe v. Wade: Leaked Opinion; John Roberts Orders Investigation

According to a bombshell leak that was reported on by Politico, the U.S. Supreme Court has already voted to overturn Roe v. Wade. This revelation comes in the form of a leaked majority opinion that was written by Justice Samuel Alito—and is currently circulating inside the court. This decision, among many other things, says that…


What’s In the Leaked Supreme Court Opinion Overturning Roe v. Wade?

A leaked majority draft opinion written by Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito suggests the highest court in the land has decided to strike down Roe v. Wade, the seminal 1973 precedent that federalized abortion policy, overriding the states and making the procedure lawful throughout the entire United States. The gist of Alito’s draft opinion is that,…