How Alito Paved the Way for the Trump MESS
April 8, 2026
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as posted by the channelSidney Blumenthal and Sean Wilentz speak with Peter S. Canellos, author of “Revenge for the Sixties: Sam Alito and the Triumph of the Conservative Legal Movement,” his extraordinary rise, close links to the Federalist Society, crusade against Roe v. Wade, and his multiple scandals.
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