Category: Samuel Alito

Supreme Court Has Decided to Overturn Roe v. Wade, Leaked Opinion Suggests

May 2, 2022
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A document that Politico describes as an “initial draft majority opinion” written by Justice Samuel Alito suggests the Supreme Court has decided to strike down Roe v. Wade, the seminal precedent that in 1973 wrested the regulation of abortion from the states and made the procedure lawful throughout the entire United States. The leaking of the…

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Supreme Court Won’t Hear Case of Christian Mission on Refusal to Hire Someone Who Disagrees With Its Principles

March 21, 2022
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The U.S. Supreme Court refused on March 21 to hear an appeal from a Christian mission that argued it cannot be forced to hire someone who disagrees with its beliefs, but two conservative justices left open the possibility of revisiting the case, which is still in progress before a lower court. The case is Seattle’s…

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Critical Race Theory Brought Up as Supreme Court Justices Weigh Religious School Aid Case

December 9, 2021
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The issue of critical race theory was brought up during Wednesday’s Supreme Court argument when Justice Samuel Alito asked the lawyer defending the state of Maine whether the state’s tuition assistance program, which excludes Christian high schools, can also deny participation of schools promulgating beliefs that are clearly against the purpose of public education. The…

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Alito Pushes Back on ‘Sinister’ Portrayal of Supreme Court ‘Shadow Docket’

October 1, 2021
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A top conservative justice on the Supreme Court on Thursday challenged critics who have claimed the court is abusing the so-called shadow docket process. The process unfolds when the court is petitioned to make a quick decision by litigants who believe their cases have been wrongly decided by a lower court. The decisions are issued without…

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