No matter which Justice on the Supreme Court one would pick, each have some sort of both bias and method when deciding their rulings. The overarching term for this is “judicial philosophy,” which ranges from conservatism to liberalism with moderates in-between. There are ramifications to wherever one sits on this scale, for instance, Justice Elena Kagan is liberal Justice, so it is likely that she will vote for something that matches up with her mindset, while a conservative Justice like Antonin Scalia will vote more conservative. When looking at this, its not that justices are only political actors, basically becoming American oligarchs, but the way the Justices see the world and for that matter, law differently then the other. Those who are
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being a conservative justice, this helps the conservatives maintain some sort of regime through the supreme court over the years. This conservatism is key to understanding why Justice Alito votes the way he does, but i is not the only factor. In order to understand the full extent of Justice Alito’s decision making we must look at the way he views law as a construct and how it should be practiced, or his find his legal ideology, his jurisprudence. McDonald v. Chicago gives helpful insight into how he perceives how the law should be ruled and in tune accordance with the case, which rights are to be defined in the Constitution and which are not. Along with viewing this case, we can also look at his past rulings, from his 16 years on the Third Circuit, to his other cases he has ruled upon in the supreme, along with comments he has made in differing interviews or works he has written. Along with the knowledge of how he litigates, its also necessary to understand his past in order to see how he built his ideology. With all of these pieces put together we can see that Justice Samuel Alito is an extremely conservative textualist, which is also shown by his Segal-Cover score .100, along with the ruling in McDonald v. Chicago showing his view of the importance of gun rights and within that, how the 14th Amendment should be …show more content…
Alito Jr. is born to Samuel Sr. and Rose. Both Justice Alito’s mother and father worked within education, with his mother being the principle and father working as a teacher and later as the director of The New Jersey Office of Legislative Services. Since both of his parents worked within education, Justice Alito had a stronger drive than most other to become accomplished in eduction. Justice Alito attended high school in a suburb of Trenton, where he excelled at his studies allowing him to attend the Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. 1969, during his tenure at Princeton, Justice Alito was drafted to fight in the war of Vietnam, yet he was able to defer due to education until after he finished law school in 1975. Although during his schooling he joined the Army Reserve Officers’ Training Corps, Alito eventually served three months of active duty in 1975 and in 1980 he was honorably discharged (Washington Post). During his time at Princeton, Justice led a conference creating rights for homosexuals, along with other private matters which can be summarized in
being a conservative justice, this helps the conservatives maintain some sort of regime through the supreme court over the years. This conservatism is key to understanding why Justice Alito votes the way he does, but i is not the only factor. In order to understand the full extent of Justice Alito’s decision making we must look at the way he views law as a construct and how it should be practiced, or his find his legal ideology, his jurisprudence. McDonald v. Chicago gives helpful insight into how he perceives how the law should be ruled and in tune accordance with the case, which rights are to be defined in the Constitution and which are not. Along with viewing this case, we can also look at his past rulings, from his 16 years on the Third Circuit, to his other cases he has ruled upon in the supreme, along with comments he has made in differing interviews or works he has written. Along with the knowledge of how he litigates, its also necessary to understand his past in order to see how he built his ideology. With all of these pieces put together we can see that Justice Samuel Alito is an extremely conservative textualist, which is also shown by his Segal-Cover score .100, along with the ruling in McDonald v. Chicago showing his view of the importance of gun rights and within that, how the 14th Amendment should be …show more content…
Alito Jr. is born to Samuel Sr. and Rose. Both Justice Alito’s mother and father worked within education, with his mother being the principle and father working as a teacher and later as the director of The New Jersey Office of Legislative Services. Since both of his parents worked within education, Justice Alito had a stronger drive than most other to become accomplished in eduction. Justice Alito attended high school in a suburb of Trenton, where he excelled at his studies allowing him to attend the Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. 1969, during his tenure at Princeton, Justice Alito was drafted to fight in the war of Vietnam, yet he was able to defer due to education until after he finished law school in 1975. Although during his schooling he joined the Army Reserve Officers’ Training Corps, Alito eventually served three months of active duty in 1975 and in 1980 he was honorably discharged (Washington Post). During his time at Princeton, Justice led a conference creating rights for homosexuals, along with other private matters which can be summarized in