The Latest Breaking News from Samuel Alito

Analysts say trust in the US’s highest court is wavering as a conservative supermajority reshapes constitutional law.

After overturning Roe v. Wade in 2022, the court continued to push American law to the right.

The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to review a first-of-its-kind ruling from a federal appeals court that found people with gender dysphoria are entitled to the protections of the Americans With Disabilities Act

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Seductions of wealth don’t necessitate a quid pro quo

The problem for the justices is that all the recent ethics stories — and more — are a corrosive drip, drip, drip, eroding public confidence in the court.

Alito has a close relationship with Charles Cooper, whose law firm is representing petitioners in the pivotal case

In a 6-3 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court firmly rejected the so-called independent state legislature theory. This bizarre theory would have allowed renegade legislators to violate their state constitutions in setting rules for federal elections — allowing them to hijack elections for U.S. Congress and even the presidency.

Alito’s wife has an agreement to receive nearly a quarter of the oil and gas sales from the lease