Samuel Alito Emerges as Most Pro-Trump Justice

Wall Street Journal: “The 76-year-old justice has emerged in the Trump era as the member of the court who is most likely to give voice to the populism and cultural grievances associated with the new right. And though people in his inner circle chafe at the notion that he is aligned with President Trump’s movement, he has become the justice most likely to provide a legal rationale for the president’s most ambitious policy goals.”

“In 100 cases over the past decade involving a major Trump administration policy position or in which Trump himself was a party, Alito’s votes aligned with Trump 89% of the time, the highest rate of any justice, according to a Wall Street Journal analysis.”