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Samuel Anthony Alito Jr. (/ ə ˈ l iː t oʊ / ə-LEE-toh; born April 1, 1950) is an American jurist who serves as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. He was nominated to the high court by President George W. Bush on October 31, 2005, and has served on it since January 31, 2006.
Alito dissented from the Court's denial of an injunction, in a case involving a Washington state law that compelled disclosure of referendum petitions. The Court had previously decided in the case to reject a facial challenge to the constitutionality of the law, brought by supporters of a failed petition to bar domestic partnership rights to ...
Analysis: Samuel Alito, caught on tape, reinforces why people are skeptical of the Supreme Court. Joan Biskupic, CNN Senior Supreme Court Analyst. June 12, 2024 at 1:00 AM.
Alito’s absence, for which the Supreme Court has not provided an explanation, is unusual because it’s the end of the term and the justices have issued nine opinions over the last two days.
On October 31, 2005, President George W. Bush nominated Samuel Alito for Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States to replace retiring Justice Sandra Day O'Connor. Alito's nomination was confirmed by a 58–42 vote of the United States Senate on January 31, 2006.
A secretly recorded conversation with Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito is now calling into question his impartiality in politically fraught cases before the nation's highest court.
Wong v. Smith • []: 562 U.S. 1021 (2010) judicial commenting on evidence • judicial coercion of a jury verdict Roberts, Scalia: Alito filed a dissent from the Court's denial of certiorari, where the lower court had granted habeas relief on the grounds that a judge's comments to a deadlocked jury about the evidence coerced them into returning a guilty verdict.
The article "Justice Alito rejects calls to recuse himself from cases" was about the provocative flags flown outside US Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito's residences (May 30).It noted that Alito ...