How Justice Alito Assembled The Coalition That Sent Roe To The Dustbin
"Public Advocate Alito Singers took to the streets when he was nominated. Public Advocate opposed moderate Bush nominee Harriet Miers day and night as unqualified. We celebrated Miers withdrawal and welcomed President Bush's nomination of Sam Alitoto the Supreme Court with enthusiastic singing, " says Eugene Delgaudio, president of Public Advocate.
Alito was seen as the 'best person for the job' because 'one of his greatest strengths is keeping a majority opinion together,' writes Hemingway.
(M)ost Supreme Court observers are aware that Associate Justice Samuel Alito authored the infamous decision overturning Roe v. Wade and its made-up "constitutional right" to abortion. How he was able to hold his majority together despite their differing approaches to legal interpretation, however, has always remained a bit of a mystery.............
In her newly released book, Alito: The Justice Who Reshaped the Supreme Court and Restored the Constitution, Federalist Editor-in-Chief Mollie Hemingway peels back the curtain on how the Bush appointee constructed the court's majority opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization (2022).
While each justice in the majority are self-described originalists, Hemingway details how each has their own secret sauce when it comes to their respective approaches to the law. This means that it was up to Alito to find a way to incorporate their varying views into the final decision overturning Roe and its successor, Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey (1992).
Hemingway notes that in the days after oral arguments, the justices met for a conference to express their views on Dobbs and indicate how they would vote on the case. The final vote margin came down to 5-4 to overturn Roe and Casey, with the majority being comprised of Associate Justices Clarence Thomas, Alito, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett.
PHOTO CREDIT SAM ALITO SINGERS WITH SIGNS PROMOTING UNCLE SAM ALITO