THEFEDERALIST (Breccan F. Thies) - Alito: John Roberts Sold Out The Declaration Of Independence ‘Only Days Before’ 250th Anniversary
'Every step of this story is incorrect," Alito wrote. 'The Declaration of Independence repudiated the foundation on which the British rule was based.'
YOUTUBE (The Hill) - Inside the Supreme Court's decision season
The Hill's legal affairs reporter Zach Schonfield shares behind the scenes moments reporting on the Supreme Court over this decision season. #SupremeCourt #SCOTUS #Legal #Trump #Alito #Sotomayor
DAILYCALLER (Evelyn Elliott) - NPR Claims Justice Alito Retiring, Retracts Story Minutes Later
'No such announcement has been made'
THEFEDERALIST (Breccan F. Thies) - Alito: Nuking Single-Day Elections Opens ‘Pandora’s Box’ Of Voter Fraud
These are the best parts of Alito's dissent in the Supreme Court's decision to allow mail-in ballots to flow in after Election Day.
REDSTATE (Bob Hoge) - 'Election Day' Is Dead: Alito Torches 5-4 Ruling That Killed It
AXIOS (Avery Lotz) - Supreme Court upholds grace period for late-arriving mail-in ballots
The Supreme Court upheld a Mississippi law Monday that allows mailed ballots to be counted if they were postmarked by Election Day and received within five business days. The big picture: The justices' ruling could protect voting in states with similar laws this November and is sure to feed President Trump's frequent criticism of voting by mail. - The Trump administration backed the law's challengers, arguing that allowing states to count ballots received after Election Day undermines the integrity of federal elections. Driving the news: The court ruled 5-4 to uphold Mississippi's law, with Justices Samuel Alito, Clarence Thomas, Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh dissenting. - Mississippi Secretary of State Michael Watson defended…
AXIOS (Brittany Gibson) - Supreme Court backs Trump on stricter asylum rules
The Supreme Court on Thursday cleared the way for the Trump administration to turn away asylum seekers at the southern border who haven't yet crossed into U.S. territory. Why it matters: The Court's decision resolves a years-long legal fight over a Border Patrol practice when there's limited bandwidth to process people at a port of entry. Driving the news: "An alien standing in Mexico does not 'arriv[e] in the United States' by attempting, and failing, to set foot in this country. An alien 'arrives in the United States' only when he crosses the border," Justice Samuel Alito wrote the majority opinion for Mullin v. Al Otro Lado. - The turn away system, sometimes called metering, was first used by Customs and Border Protection under the…
THEFEDERALIST (Shawn Fleetwood) - Alito, Thomas Scold SCOTUS For Refusing To Enforce ‘Colorblind’ Constitution In Police Encounters
"We have said that our '"Constitution is color-blind."' ... It 'almost never' allows government actors to treat persons differently based on their race," wrote Justice Alito.
WASHINGTONPOST (Justin Jouvenal, Praveena Somasundaram) - Alito extends temporary order allowing mail distribution of abortion pill
The justices are weighing whether to uphold an appeals court decision that means patients would need to pick up the pill in person.