The Latest Breaking News from Samuel Alito

A court decision against a Louisiana man who made a COVID joke illustrates the continuing influence of a misbegotten, century-old analogy that is frequently used as an excuse to punish or censor constitutionally protected speech.

A federal judge compared Waylon Bailey’s Facebook jest to "falsely shouting fire in a theatre."

The ‘independent state legislature’ theory that animated Republican attempts to overturn elections is dead. The former president’s lawyers and right-wing pundits want to bring it back to life, Alex Woodward reports

Leonard Leo, architect of the rightwing takeover of the US judiciary, champions the first amendment for political gain but does an ‘about-face’ when it’s used against him, critics say

"It just can't be that the court is the only institution that somehow is not subject to checks and balances"

Dick Durbin, chair of Senate judiciary committee, criticizes supreme court justice in wake of billowing ethics scandals

As a general rule, Supreme Court Justices speak through their opinions. From time to time, Justices will be "interviewed"by friendly interlocutors during public events. The screened questions are usually softballs, and even then, the Justices tend to avoid saying anything newsworthy. In recent years, perhaps the biggest outlier was Justice…

Presidential hopeful makes comment after Senate Republican leader, 81, froze and was unable to speak this week. Plus, search for answers as Antarctic sea ice at historic lows

Senator Chris Murphy dismisses Justice Samuel Alito’s claims that Senate has ‘no authority’ to regulate the supreme court