Supreme Court Justice Alito Partisan Speech Criticized
Greg Nash
We ran the numbers: There are 2944 news articles covering this topic. 39% (1140) are left leaning, 45% (1325) are center, and 16% (479) are right leaning.
On Friday, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) condemned Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito over a speech he gave on Thursday at the Federalist Society’s annual meeting. While left-leaning articles highlight that the present and future of the Supreme Court has become a political issue, right-leaning articles highlight that Alito said the “COVID crisis has served as a sort of constitutional stress test.”
The Los Angeles Times published a left-leaning article highlighting that the present and future of the Supreme Court has become a political issue, as President Trump still has not acknowledged his loss to Joe Biden and is on the record urging the Senate to confirm a replacement for Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. The article notes that the Federalist Society provides a social and professional network for conservative lawyers and law students and a pulpit for conservative judges.
The Hill published a centrist article reporting that in Alito’s Thursday remarks, the justice claimed that the coronavirus pandemic has caused “previously unimaginable” restrictions on liberty. Warren wrote on Twitter, “Supreme Court Justices aren’t supposed to be political hacks” in response to Alito’s remarks.
A right-leaning article by The Daily Caller highlights that Alito said the “COVID crisis has served as a sort of constitutional stress test.” Alito also said the restrictions also abridged First Amendment rights, noting that “religious liberty is fast becoming a disfavored right,” referencing the Supreme Court’s decision to reject a request from a church in Nevada to block enforcement of restrictions on capacity limit.
From the right
Supreme Court Justice Alito Warns Of Threats To Liberty Amid Coronavirus Pandemic
The Daily Caller