The Prince in diaspora has not been making many friends in recent weeks.
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito mocked prominent figures around the world, including Prince Harry and outgoing British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, for speaking out against the decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.
In what appeared to be his first public comments since the decision was handed down last month, Alito dismissed criticism from the British pair, as well as from French President Emmanuel Macron and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
He was delivering the keynote speech at a conference on religious liberty in Rome last week that was hosted by the Notre Dame Law School. The speech was only posted online by the school Thursday.
Alito, who authored the argument overturning the landmark ruling that enshrined the right to an abortion in the United States, condemned the global figures for weighing in on “American law.”
“I had the honor this term of writing, I think, the only Supreme Court decision in the history of that institution that has been lambasted by a whole string of foreign leaders — who felt perfectly fine commenting on American law,” Alito said, prompting laughter from the crowd.
“One of these was former Prime Minister Boris Johnson, but he paid the price,” he joked, appearing to reference Johnson’s decision to step down as prime minister amid domestic scandals and widespread criticism of his leadership from within his own Conservative Party.
“But what really wounded me — what really wounded me — was when the Duke of Sussex addressed the United Nations and seemed to compare the decision, whose name may not be spoken, with the Russian attack on Ukraine,” Alito said, referring to Harry.
Harry described 2022 as a “painful year in a painful decade,” during the speech July 18.
He said the world was “witnessing a global assault on democracy and freedom,” pointing to the “horrific war in Ukraine to the rolling back of constitutional rights here in the United States,” among other global events as examples.
Time to impeach Alito. His comments in the position on Roe vs Wade were draconian and so out of date as to be extremely prejudiced against equal rights for women. He NEEDS TO GO NOW! He is poisoning the entire court. Besides Thomas ( I won’t even respect his name by titling justice), Alito is the biggest threat to democracy and to an unbiased court, one that attempts to stay true to the Constitution and attempts to add current day reality to interpretations of issues, attempting to keep the Constitution current. Alito doesn’t care about democracy,only his version of it. Time for him to go!
No, Alito is the biggest threat to liberalism, abortion on demand, and killing kids just before they exit the womb. Alito is a good judge.
Absolutely
You need to go . Find another country.