Source: Washington Monthly
by James D Zirin
“Following the law, hard-right Justice Samuel Alito endorses qualified immunity for public officials. He must if he’s to follow the law. However, the 74-year-old former U.S. Attorney doesn’t like holding rogue public officials accountable if he can help it. He had it so upside-down he lost his conservative colleagues. In a case from the end of last term that got far less attention than it deserved, Gonzalez v. Trevino, Alito’s concurring opinion was a one-off from the court majority, illustrating how the justice has in his 19 years on the high court moved into an orbit more distant than ever from the sensible center.” (10/07/24)