It’s against that backdrop that one of those justices, Samuel Alito, delivered an unusually political speech Thursday night to the Federalist Society. Same-sex marriageIn one of the most political sections of his speech, Alito doubled down on his dissent in the Supreme Court’s 2015 case legalizing same-sex marriage. Whitehouse and the others wrote that, “The Supreme Court is not well. It was a Supreme Court justice essentially if suggestively offering political analysis and advice about how things might be done differently. And whenever fundamental rights are restricted, the Supreme Court and other courts cannot close their eyes.

Source: Washington Post November 13, 2020 16:41 UTC