Justice Alito warns America must preserve 3 core principles regardless of country’s ‘atmosphere’
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito recently laid out three principles Americans must cling to to ensure the integrity of the republic: freedom of speech, religious liberty and racial equality.
Key points
- The 76-year-old jurist said preserving freedom of speech is paramount, warning that "you cannot have Democratic self-fulfillment if you cannot have robust free speech." "Even speech that is hurtful to some of the people who hear what is being said," Alito said.
- SUPREME COURT OFFERS SUPPORT FOR CATHOLIC PRESCHOOLS CHALLENGING STATE FUNDING REQUIREMENTS "I think that we have placed religious liberty on a sounder footing than it was on 20, 25 years ago," Alito said.
- "We are not going to be able to get along, I think, amicably, productively, if we don't respect everybody's right to follow whatever religion they want, or for people of faith, they're also free to do that." "That's essential," Alito said.
"Religious liberty is central to human dignity, and in a society that is as religiously diverse as this country, we've got people who adhere to practically every religion that exists in the world," Alito continued.
Additional details
- Martin Luther King famously articulated in his speech at the Lincoln Memorial, where he said he looked forward to the day when children would be judged by the content of their character and not by the color of their skin," Alito said.
- TRUMP CHEERS ALITO STAYING FOR ANOTHER SUPREME COURT TERM: 'ONE OF THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME' Alito's discussion comes as questions swirl about his possible plans to retire.
- In a Bloomberg article published after the midterms, Alito said that the Democrats' sweep did not change his plans to stay on the Supreme Court.
- DEMOCRATS SEIZE HOUSE CONTROL IN STUNNING BLUE TSUNAMI, VOW RETRIBUTION AGAINST TRUMP ADMIN Alito's remarks also come amid the ongoing Iran war, which has destabilized oil supply chains across the globe, causing the price of goods and gas to jump.
- Montgomery County Board of Education this term, a challenge brought by parents of Asian American students alleging that a Maryland school district’s admissions policies unlawfully discriminate despite appearing race-neutral.
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