Samuel Alito
Samuel Alito
Samuel Anthony Alito, Jr.is an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. He was nominated by President George W. Bush and has served on the court since January 31, 2006...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionSupreme Court Justice
Date of Birth1 April 1950
CityTrenton, NJ
CountryUnited States of America
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None of the legal issues presented by this case seems to warrant Supreme Court review.
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There's been general agreement ... to support the authority of the president to take military action on his own in the case of an emergency, when there is not time for Congress to react.
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A judge can't have any agenda. A judge can't have a preferred outcome in any particular case.
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This is a way for me to make a contribution to the country and society.
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This is not an ordinary lawsuit, and the issues may consequently take on added significance.
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I think that anybody who is appointed to any judicial position has to be himself or herself. And I don't think that anybody can try to replace the person or can duplicate the approach of the person who that person is replacing.
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I would try to emulate her dedication and her integrity and her dedication to the case-by-case process of adjudication.
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It has most of the advantage of a brief devoted to the overruling of Roe v. Wade; it makes our position clear, does not even tacitly concede Roe's legitimacy, and signals that we regard the question as live and open.
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In this case, the need for such consultation was acute, since we made it abundantly clear to your office that we had serious legal objections.
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I need to apply the same standard that previous nominees have applied, and that's no hints and no previews. I can't opine on them here off the cuff.
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If 'settled' means that it can't be re-examined, that's one thing. If 'settled' means that it is a precedent that is entitled to respect then it is a precedent that is protected.
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If I had received any information at any point regarding any of the matters you referred to ... I would never have had anything to do with it.
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If I had been involved actively in any way in the group, I'm sure that I would remember.
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The district court's opinion ... is subject to two interpretations, neither of which has a sound legal basis.