Justice Alito mockingly asks whether people visit Pornhub for articles ‘like the old Playboy magazine’
Not a judge, Judge Alito. A conservative Supreme Court justice raised eyebrows Wednesday when, during oral arguments, he sharply questioned whether the porn site Pornhub publishes cultural content similar to “old-school Playboy magazines.” The high court is hearing a challenge to a Texas law that requires adult sites to verify the age of their users, […]
Raskin calls for Alito to recuse himself from Trump case
In a statement Thursday, Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), the ranking Democrat on the Judiciary Committee, called on Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito to recuse himself from President-elect Trump's hush money criminal case. In his claim, Raskin said that Alito “just hours” before Trump's lawyers asked the Supreme Court to intervene to halt the criminal conviction […]
Justice Alito says he spoke with Trump day before hush-money filing about former clerk
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito admitted to Fox News on Wednesday that he spoke with President-elect Donald Trump the day before Trump's high court appearance, but said he had spoken to the former president's legal team in an effort to delay the ruling. He said he did not discuss the emergency application that he had […]
Alito confirms call with Trump; says emergency order not discussed
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito granted a phone call with President-elect Trump on Wednesday, saying he also did not discuss the president's emergency application to block a future ruling in his hush-money case in New York. “One of my former law clerks, William Levi, asked me to answer a call from President-elect Trump regarding my […]
Justice Alito plans to remain on Supreme Court, resisting pressure to step aside
Justice Samuel Alito has no plans to retire from the Supreme Court anytime soon, according to a person close to the justice. told the Wall Street JournalThat prompted speculation among some Republican leaders that Alito, 74, could vacate his seat to make room for a younger, more conservative jurist. The brakes were put on hold. […]
Trump’s election sparks retirement talk for Thomas, Alito, Sotomayor
President-elect Trump's victory in the White House has sparked a similar battle between conservatives and liberals over whether the Supreme Court's oldest justice should retire. Trump's election has raised public expectations that two of the court's leading conservatives, Justice Clarence Thomas (76) and Justice Samuel Alito (74), will resign. The next Republican-controlled Senate may be […]
The callous injustice of Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito
As someone who has closely followed the Richard Glossip case, I approached it last week.Oral argument I went to the Supreme Court with high expectations. I expected the justices to show they understood the gravity of this moment. After all, Glossip is on death row inmateand he shouldn't be. Oklahoma State agrees. that make concessions […]
The princess and the judge: Samuel Alito’s ties to a German aristocrat who defends the far right | Samuel Alito
a The German aristocrat who hosted Samuel Alito at his castle in 2023 has revealed new details about his friendship with the right-wing Supreme Court justice, including that they have a mutual friend who played a key role in J.D. Vance's conversion to Catholicism. Gloria von Thurn und Taxis, a one-time party girl turned traditionalist […]
Top Dem plots tying SCOTUS funding to ‘enforceable’ ethics code amid Thomas, Alito controversies
The Senate’s top appropriations official is considering excluding Supreme Court operating funds from the fiscal 2025 spending bill and forcing the court to enforce ethics rules to access that money, following controversy over the political activities of the wives of Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito and gifts given to the justices by wealthy friends. […]
Supreme Court Fail? Why Alito and Texas Are Sounding the Alarm You Can’t Ignore
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