Samuel Alito
“”At present, no one - including social scientists, philosophers, and historians - can predict with any certainty what the long-term ramifications of widespread acceptance of same-sex marriage will be.
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| —Alito, imagining the gay onslaught in his head.[1] |
Samuel Alito is a Supreme Court Justice appointed by former President George W. Bush to replace Sandra Day O'Connor after she retired in 2005. His appointment pushed the Court well to the right. His nomination was quite controversial, and many liberals believed he would not be an impartial Justice... and lo and behold, they were right.
His wife seemed to be crying during his confirmation while he was being questioned by Democratic Senators; cheap way to try to milk sympathy for him. He is one of six Roman Catholics on the Supreme Court as of September 2012, and the second Italian American on the Court. His father was an Italian immigrant.
There are some indication that Alito is more willing than the rest of his colleagues to uphold limits on free speech. He was the sole member of the Supreme Court to dissent in Snyder v. Phelps, a case upholding the right of the Westboro Baptist Church to engage in hateful speech. He was also the sole dissenter in United States v. Stevens, another free speech case.