Samuel A. Alito Jr.

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Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States human

Samuel A. Alito Jr. is an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, known for his conservative jurisprudence and influential opinions on issues such as abortion, religious liberty, and executive power.

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Surface form	Occurrences
Samuel A. Alito, Jr.	4
Samuel Alito	2
Justice Samuel A. Alito, Jr.	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ human ⓘ
almaMater	Princeton University ⓘ Yale Law School ⓘ
appointedBy	George H. W. Bush ⓘ George W. Bush ⓘ
authoredOpinion	Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. majority opinion ⓘ Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization ⓘ surface form: Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization majority opinion Janus v. AFSCME ⓘ surface form: Janus v. AFSCME majority opinion
birthName	Samuel Anthony Alito Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ
clerkedFor	Leonard I. Garth ⓘ
confirmedBy	United States Senate ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
courtClerkship	United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1950-04-01 ⓘ
degree	A.B. from Princeton University ⓘ J.D. from Yale Law School ⓘ
educatedAt	Princeton University ⓘ Yale Law School ⓘ
endTime (Third Circuit)	2006 ⓘ
endTime (U.S. Attorney, D.N.J.)	1990 ⓘ
familyName	Alito NERFINISHED ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
givenName	Samuel ⓘ
knownFor	conservative jurisprudence ⓘ opinions on abortion ⓘ opinions on executive power ⓘ opinions on religious liberty ⓘ
memberOf	Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
militaryRank	captain ⓘ
notableCase	Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. ⓘ Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization ⓘ Janus v. AFSCME ⓘ
numberOfChildren	2 ⓘ
occupation	judge ⓘ lawyer ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Trenton, New Jersey ⓘ surface form: Trenton, New Jersey, United States
politicalAlignment	conservative ⓘ
positionHeld	Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ⓘ United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
replaced	Sandra Day O’Connor ⓘ
servedIn	Army Reserve ⓘ surface form: United States Army Reserve
spouse	Martha-Ann Alito ⓘ
startTime	2006-01-31 ⓘ
startTime (Third Circuit)	1990 ⓘ
startTime (U.S. Attorney, D.N.J.)	1987 ⓘ
workedFor	Office of the Solicitor General ⓘ surface form: Office of the Solicitor General of the United States United States Department of Justice ⓘ

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United States v. Comstock → concurrenceBy → Samuel A. Alito Jr. ⓘ

Arizona v. United States → concurrenceInPartAndDissentInPartBy → Samuel A. Alito Jr. ⓘ

this entity surface form: Samuel A. Alito, Jr.

Trump v. Vance → dissentOpinionBy → Samuel A. Alito Jr. ⓘ

Trump v. Vance → dissentingJustices → Samuel A. Alito Jr. ⓘ

Bostock v. Clayton County → dissentingOpinionBy → Samuel A. Alito Jr. ⓘ

NFIB v. Sebelius → dissentingOpinionBy → Samuel A. Alito Jr. ⓘ

Obergefell v. Hodges → dissentingOpinionBy → Samuel A. Alito Jr. ⓘ

this entity surface form: Samuel Alito

Fulton v. City of Philadelphia → hasConcurringJustice → Samuel A. Alito Jr. ⓘ

this entity surface form: Samuel A. Alito, Jr.

Shelby County v. Holder → hasJusticeInMajority → Samuel A. Alito Jr. ⓘ

this entity surface form: Samuel A. Alito, Jr.

Bond v. United States → joinedBy → Samuel A. Alito Jr. ⓘ

this entity surface form: Justice Samuel A. Alito, Jr.

Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin → joinedByInMajority → Samuel A. Alito Jr. ⓘ

NFIB v. Sebelius → joinedInCommerceClausePlurality → Samuel A. Alito Jr. ⓘ

Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission → joinedMajority → Samuel A. Alito Jr. ⓘ

this entity surface form: Samuel Alito

Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1 → joinedPluralityBy → Samuel A. Alito Jr. ⓘ

Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission → justiceInMajority → Samuel A. Alito Jr. ⓘ

this entity surface form: Samuel A. Alito, Jr.

Trump v. Vance → majorityJustices → Samuel A. Alito Jr. ⓘ

Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. → majorityOpinionBy → Samuel A. Alito Jr. ⓘ

Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization → majorityOpinionBy → Samuel A. Alito Jr. ⓘ