Seeing Threats to Religious Liberty, Alito Calls Same-Sex Marriage a 'Decisive' Turn
Alito says the 2015 ruling helped drive a steady stream of religious-liberty cases, while courts have mostly sided with faith-based plaintiffs.
- Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito discusses his judicial philosophy in a new book, warning that the same-sex marriage decision was "perhaps the decisive point in our nation" regarding religious liberty.
- Alito argues the same-sex marriage ruling silences Americans with traditional beliefs, likening them to Catholics in Reformation England who were "found in corners, and alleys, and cellars, and the housetops, or in the recesses of the country."
- In nearly all cases Alito cites as examples of religious animus, the Supreme Court has sided with religiously affiliated parties, including disputes over the Affordable Care Act and Colorado bakeries.
- Jeff Mateer, executive vice president of First Liberty Institute, reports that legal victories have resulted in more religious freedom today than at any other time, even as Alito predicts a "steady stream" of religious-liberty cases.
- Justice Clarence Thomas has openly urged his colleagues to overrule the same-sex marriage decision, while Alito says he is "not suggesting that the decision should be overruled.
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Seeing threats to religious liberty, Alito calls same-sex marriage a ‘decisive’ turn
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, the devout Catholic conservative who has long warned of animus against religion in America, says in a new book that he believes the court's landmark decision extending marriage rights to same-sex couples was "perhaps the decisive point in our nation's [...]
Seeing threats to religious liberty, Alito calls same-sex marriage a 'decisive' turn
In this Feb. 23, 2016, file photo, Supreme Court Associate Justice Samuel Alito speaks in Washington, D.C. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images, FILE) Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, the devout Catholic conservative who has long warned of animus against
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Screenshot via CBS/Snapstream Longtime CBS News Supreme Court reporter Jan Crawford — whose formal title is senior national correspondent — scored a lengthy, substantive interview with Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito ahead of Tuesday’s release of his memoir So Ordered.But that was colored over Monday on CBS Mornings by co-host Norah O’Donnell, who smeared Alito by arguing his June 2022 ruling in the Dobbs case overturning Roe v. Wade created …
Judge Samuel Alito has warned that he is "concerned" about the future of the Supreme Court (SCOTUS) because of what he describes as an extreme level of public rhetoric and political pressure around his sentences. In an interview given to Fox News Sunday on the occasion of the promotion of his new book So Ordered: An Originalist’s View of the Constitution, the Court, and Our Country ("Thus ordered: the originalist vision of the Constitution, the …
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito discusses his new book and Court dynamics
Justice Samuel Alito participated in a rare interview with Jan Crawford to discuss his forthcoming book, "So Ordered: An Originalist's View of the Constitution, the Court and Our Country." Alito addressed the Supreme Court's future, as well as evolving rhetoric from political leaders.
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