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It\u2019s clear that Federalist Editor-in-Chief Mollie Hemingway found someone worth writing a book about when she began digging into the life and career of Justice Samuel Alito. And following the conclusion of yet another pivotal Supreme Court term, others are finally starting to appreciate just how instrumental the Bush appointee is to many of the court\u2019s consequential decisions. <\/p>\n

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Throughout the past year, Alito has been at the forefront of producing well-crafted originalist opinions in several high-stakes cases before the bench. Much like his past work, these writings have been key to advancing sound legal interpretation and upholding Americans\u2019 constitutional rights. <\/p>\n

The justice kicked off his stellar term by authoring the majority opinion in Louisiana v. Callais<\/em>, in which the court smacked down states\u2019 ability to use race in the redistricting process. Not only did he cogently explain how the Voting Rights Act had been abused to browbeat states to partake in race-based redistricting, but he also explained how such a practice violates America\u2019s colorblind Constitution. <\/p>\n

\u201cSection 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 \u2026 was designed to enforce the Constitution \u2014 not collide with it. Unfortunately, lower courts have sometimes applied this Court\u2019s \u00a72 precedents in a way that forces States to engage in the very race-based discrimination that the Constitution forbids,\u201d Alito wrote. <\/p>\n

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Alito continued this hot streak into the waning weeks of the court\u2019s 2025-2026 term. <\/p>\n

On the immigration front, he penned the majority opinion in Mullin v. Al Otro Lado<\/em>, in which the court affirmed that asylum seekers do not \u201carrive\u201d in the United States while still standing in Mexico. He also authored the majority decision in a pair of cases (Mullin v. Doe<\/em> and Trump v. Miot<\/em>) upholding President Trump\u2019s revocation of Temporary Protected Status for groups of foreign nationals residing in America under the TPS program. <\/p>\n

Alito\u2019s ability to hold a majority together was similarly apparent in Wolford v. Lopez<\/em>. Finding Hawaii\u2019s concealed carry restrictions to be unconstitutional, the Bush appointee provided a solid defense of Americans\u2019 Second Amendment freedoms and their right to carry firearms for their protection. <\/p>\n

\u201cThis regime hobbles what the Second Amendment protects: the right of Americans to carry arms for self-defense as they go about their daily lives,\u201d Alito wrote. <\/p>\n

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Alito\u2019s penchant for writing clear and concise opinions that adhere to the Constitution isn\u2019t exclusive to majority decisions, either. Even when on the losing side, he makes his case in a way that keeps the original meaning of the law at the forefront. <\/p>\n

This was particularly evident in the Bush appointee\u2019s dissenting opinion in Trump v. Barbara<\/em>, in which the court shoehorned so-called \u201cbirthplace citizenship\u201d into the 14th Amendment. He the majority for making a \u201cserious mistake\u201d in conjuring up such a \u201cright\u201d and forewarned about the \u201cgrotesque results\u201d its erroneous constitutional interpretation will produce. <\/p>\n

Alito also penned the principal dissent in a decision (Watson v. RNC<\/em>) upholding states\u2019 ability to accept mail-in ballots after Election Day. The justice highlighted how state statutes that permit such a practice conflict with existing federal law specifying an election day. He further ripped the majority for generating a ruling that is \u201cinconsistent\u201d with the law and \u201ccreates a serious risk of further undermining public confidence in our elections and our system of self-government.\u201d<\/p>\n

Taken collectively, these opinions are but a microcosm of the terrific work Alito has been producing in his 20 years on the Supreme Court. From writing the decision overturning Roe v. Wade<\/em> to upholding religious liberty, the list is seemingly endless. <\/p>\n

Justices Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas often receive much praise and adulation for their originalist work on the bench \u2014 and deservedly so. But it\u2019s Alito who has been right there with them, quietly helping move the nation\u2019s highest court (and the law) in a better direction. <\/p>\n

With incredible SCOTUS terms such as this one, it\u2019s past time he receives the long overdue recognition that he deserves. <\/p>\n

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