Samuel Alito
Role
Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court since 2006; George W. Bush appointee; wrote Louisiana v. Callais
Background
Samuel Alito is an American jurist who has served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court since 2006, after being appointed by President George W. Bush. A member of the Court’s conservative majority, he wrote the 6-3 majority opinion in Louisiana v. Callais (2026), which rewrote the framework for claims under the Voting Rights Act to require proof of intentional discrimination, and he joined the majorities in the rulings on presidential criminal immunity and nationwide injunctions.
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