1 day ago
The conservative Supreme Court justice said in a CBS News interview that he’ll revisit the issue next year.
President Donald Trump shakes hands with Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito during a ceremony in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington on July 23, 2019. | Carolyn Kaster/AP
10/03/2026 06:51 AM GMT+9
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito has confirmed that he is considering retirement, leaving open the possibility that he could leave after next year’s term and hand another nomination to President Donald Trump.
#supreme #Trump #alito #next
President Donald Trump shakes hands with Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito during a ceremony in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington on July 23, 2019. | Carolyn Kaster/AP
10/03/2026 06:51 AM GMT+9
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito has confirmed that he is considering retirement, leaving open the possibility that he could leave after next year’s term and hand another nomination to President Donald Trump.
#supreme #Trump #alito #next
3 months ago
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to block Texas from enforcing a state law that requires apps stores to verify users' ages and obtain parental consent for minors seeking to download apps or make in-app purchases on mobile phones.
Justice Samuel Alito, in a pair of one-sentence orders, denied petitions by plaintiffs who claim that the Texas App Store Accountability Act violates users' constitutional rights to free speech.
Last month, a three-judge panel from the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the law can take effect. The panel suspended a district court's ruling last December that the law is unconstitutional.
The plaintiffs suing to block the law include the Computer & Communications Industry ***** ociation and Students Engaged in Advancing Texas. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is a defendant in both cases.
Plaintiffs' lawyers argued that the law impermissibly seeks to limit access to content protected by the First Amendment, including news and educational material.
Justice Samuel Alito, in a pair of one-sentence orders, denied petitions by plaintiffs who claim that the Texas App Store Accountability Act violates users' constitutional rights to free speech.
Last month, a three-judge panel from the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the law can take effect. The panel suspended a district court's ruling last December that the law is unconstitutional.
The plaintiffs suing to block the law include the Computer & Communications Industry ***** ociation and Students Engaged in Advancing Texas. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is a defendant in both cases.
Plaintiffs' lawyers argued that the law impermissibly seeks to limit access to content protected by the First Amendment, including news and educational material.
3 months ago
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court held Monday that constitutional privacy protections extend to cellphone location information, ruling in the case of a bank robber whose identity was discovered through a geofence warrant.
Justice Elena Kagan wrote for the 6-3 court that people don't forfeit expectations of privacy even when they opt into Google's location history.
"A cellphone user is not to be viewed as sharing private information with third parties—which then can be freely passed on to the government—just by doing the ordinary things cellphone users do," Kagan wrote.
Justice Samuel Alito wrote in dissent that Okello Chatrie had no expectation of privacy in information he voluntarily turned over to Google.
The decision is the court's latest effort to apply a constitutional provision ratified in 1791 to technology the nation's founders could not have envisioned.
Justice Elena Kagan wrote for the 6-3 court that people don't forfeit expectations of privacy even when they opt into Google's location history.
"A cellphone user is not to be viewed as sharing private information with third parties—which then can be freely passed on to the government—just by doing the ordinary things cellphone users do," Kagan wrote.
Justice Samuel Alito wrote in dissent that Okello Chatrie had no expectation of privacy in information he voluntarily turned over to Google.
The decision is the court's latest effort to apply a constitutional provision ratified in 1791 to technology the nation's founders could not have envisioned.
3 months ago
The highly unusual exchange between Justice Samuel Alito and Justice Sonia Sotomayor over a dissent read from the bench was based on a "misunderstanding" by the conservative justice, the Supreme Court said Friday.
"Justice Alito was notified in advance by Justice Sotomayor's chambers that she would be reading a dissent from the bench," the court spokesperson said in a statement in response to questions from CNN.
"It was a misunderstanding on Justice Alito's part," the spokesperson added.
The rare statement came a day after a tense back-and-forth between the two justices when Sotomayor, the court's senior liberal, publicly read a dissent in a case involving asylum claims. Alito, a conservative who was then set to summarize the next opinion, appeared taken aback by his colleague's remarks.
"There's much that I would have added to my bench statement had I known there would be a dissent read," Alito said, an unusual break from protocol during what is normally a highly choregraphed release of opinions.
"Justice Alito was notified in advance by Justice Sotomayor's chambers that she would be reading a dissent from the bench," the court spokesperson said in a statement in response to questions from CNN.
"It was a misunderstanding on Justice Alito's part," the spokesperson added.
The rare statement came a day after a tense back-and-forth between the two justices when Sotomayor, the court's senior liberal, publicly read a dissent in a case involving asylum claims. Alito, a conservative who was then set to summarize the next opinion, appeared taken aback by his colleague's remarks.
"There's much that I would have added to my bench statement had I known there would be a dissent read," Alito said, an unusual break from protocol during what is normally a highly choregraphed release of opinions.
4 months ago
Bill Cosby's request for a new trial has been denied, as a judge has ordered him to pay the judgment amount to Donna Motsinger, one of the women who accused Cosby of **** ually **** aulting her.
On Friday, Los Angeles judge Bradley S. Phillips denied Cosby's motion, which he filed last month, for a new trial. The former comedian, 88, had attempted to overturn the verdict but was unsuccessful. He will now have to pay nearly $60 million to Motsinger, which he described as an "excessive" amount, according to court documents obtained by USA Today.
Phillips wrote in his ruling that Cosby "has not shown that there was any irregularity in the proceedings or any order or abuse of discretion by the Court that prevented [Cosby] from having a fair trial."
He also stated the Cosby Show star did not show "either the compensatory or punitive damages are excessive; that the evidence was insufficient to justify the verdict or that the verdict is against law; or that there was any error in law," per USA Today.
The ruling follows a March verdict by a Southern California civil jury, which awarded Motsinger $19.2 million in the **** ual abuse lawsuit she filed in 2023. In the documents, she said she first met Cosby while working as a waiter at a restaurant in Sausalito, California, in 1972, Blavity reported.
On Friday, Los Angeles judge Bradley S. Phillips denied Cosby's motion, which he filed last month, for a new trial. The former comedian, 88, had attempted to overturn the verdict but was unsuccessful. He will now have to pay nearly $60 million to Motsinger, which he described as an "excessive" amount, according to court documents obtained by USA Today.
Phillips wrote in his ruling that Cosby "has not shown that there was any irregularity in the proceedings or any order or abuse of discretion by the Court that prevented [Cosby] from having a fair trial."
He also stated the Cosby Show star did not show "either the compensatory or punitive damages are excessive; that the evidence was insufficient to justify the verdict or that the verdict is against law; or that there was any error in law," per USA Today.
The ruling follows a March verdict by a Southern California civil jury, which awarded Motsinger $19.2 million in the **** ual abuse lawsuit she filed in 2023. In the documents, she said she first met Cosby while working as a waiter at a restaurant in Sausalito, California, in 1972, Blavity reported.
