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Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito criticized the rhetoric directed at the Supreme Court by President Donald Trump and his administration during a rare public interview with the Associated Press. Alito expressed dissatisfaction with the language used recently compared to 15 years ago, emphasizing that while criticism is acceptable, inflammatory rhetoric is not. The interview coincided with the release of Alito's book, where he also clarified that his judicial opinions are based on constitutional principles rather than aligning with Trump’s policies or rhetoric.
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Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, aged 76, told CBS News chief legal correspondent Jan Crawford in an interview set to air Monday that he considers retirement each year but decided to stay because he believes he can "still make a valuable contribution." Alito emphasized the damaging impact of political criticism on the court, citing comments from former President Trump and current criticisms. He warned about efforts to intimidate justices, which could influence their rulings. If Alito were to retire now, President Donald Trump would have an opportunity to nominate another conservative justice, given that Republicans control the Senate.
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Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito used a rare public interview to denounce rhetoric used by President Donald Trump and senior Cabinet officials.
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Alito → sign → Trump
'The terms used by presidents and by members of their administration, Cabinet officers, other high-ranking officers in describing the Supreme Court and their decisions, and sometimes individual justices, is far different from what we saw 15 years ago,' Alito told the Associated Press in an interview.
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Alito → use → interview
'I personally am not pleased with that,' Alito said of the rhetoric from the Trump administration.
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Alito → say → administration
'Everybody in this country has the right to criticize what we do.
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we → have → what
If we deserve it, then that’s fine.
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that → deserve → it
'But rhetoric is a different story,' Alito added.
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Alito → add → ?
Alito sat for the interview in connection with the release of his first book, 'So Ordered: An Originalist’s View of The Constitution, The Court and Our Country.'
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Alito → sit → Constitution
Alito, a staunch conservative tapped by then-President George W. Bush to serve on the high court in 2006, also refuted the notion that his opinions are somehow 'MAGA.'
Though Alito has sided with Trump in a majority of cases heard by the Supreme Court, he firmly rejected the characterization that the rulings were an extension of the individual in office, so much as his own constitutional jurisprudence.
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rulings → tap → jurisprudence
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito stands in his chambers at the Supreme Court
President Donald Trump and Amy Coney Barrett are seen on a balcony overlooking the South Lawn of the White House, shortly after she was sworn in to be a Supreme Court justice
Chief Supreme Court Justice John Roberts and his colleagues attend Trump's address to a joint session of Congress in 2025
'It’s offensive,' Alito said.
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Alito → stand → 2025
'I honestly try to decide every single case on the merits, every single application on the merit.
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I → try → merit
And that’s true whether the president is Donald Trump or Joe Biden or Barack Obama or anybody else.'
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president → ’ → ?
Trump, for his part, has cheered Alito on social media as one of the 'Greatest of All Time' - even while using the same posts to excoriate the three Supreme Court justices he nominated to the high court just several years earlier.
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he → cheer → court
Trump has assailed Justices Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett for ruling against him in major cases, including his use of an emergency powers law to impose sweeping global tariffs and his executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship.
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Trump → assail → citizenship
Alito acknowledged the sharp rise in the court's 'emergency docket', which he said was unlikely to ease while presidents, Trump included, govern by executive order to sidestep a slow-moving Congress.
'Unless something changes there, and I don't foresee it right now, I'm afraid this is going to continue,' he said.
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he → acknowledge → it
'An application is something that I think we have to rule on.'
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we → think → that
The book, published Tuesday, collects Alito's public remarks from his 20 years on the court.
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book → publish → court
The notoriously introverted justice reportedly timed its release to the start of the court's October term to avoid a multi-city book tour.
uncertain
justice → time → tour
He granted interviews to only a few outlets, including the AP, rather than the fireside chats and public appearances several colleagues have favored.
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colleagues → grant → chats
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