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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Ultra-conservative gala welcomes supreme court justices who ended Roe v Wade

Samuel Alito speaks during the Federalist Society's 40th anniversary dinner at Union Station in Washington.
Samuel Alito speaks during the Federalist Society's 40th anniversary dinner at Union Station in Washington. Photograph: José Luis Magaña/AP

Four of the five US supreme court justices who overturned the constitutional right to abortion in America showed up at the ultra-conservative Federalist Society’s black-tie dinner marking its 40th anniversary.

Justice Samuel Alito, who wrote the opinion in the shock decision, got a long, loud ovation at the event on Thursday night from a crowd of 2,000 people, most in tuxedos and gowns, when another speaker praised him on the overturning of Roe v Wade in June.

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