Alito hits out at ‘intimidation’ in defence of supreme court’s Texas abortion ruling

Justice Samuel Alito rips into liberals decrying 'shadow docket' decisions by the Supreme Court

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito pushed back forcefully at critics decrying the recent "shadow docket" decisions of the highest court in the land. Alito made the comments during a lecture on the "emergency docket" at the University of Notre Dame on Thursday. Critics cite three controversial cases where the Supreme Court made emergency rulings with many of the liberal justices on the court issuing vitriolic statements of dissent. "Our decisi…

Alito hits out at ‘intimidation’ in defence of supreme court’s Texas abortion ruling

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‘Journalists may think we can dash off an opinion the way they dash off articles,’ he said.

Justice Alito doth protest too much

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito gives a speech at the University of Notre Dame criticizing the use of the term “shadow docket."