Episode 15 | Alito and the Court

About this episode

The episode features a discussion with Mollie Hemingway about her book on Justice Alito and its implications for the Supreme Court and current political issues.

Our hosts, law professor Ilan Wurman and Kathryn Johnson, get a full hour with Mollie Hemingway, editor-in-chief of The Federalist and author of the new New York Times bestseller, Alito: The Justice Who Reshaped the Supreme Court and Restored the Constitution. They touch on several themes in the book and connect them to current issues and news. Is Alito an originalist? What is a "practical originalist"? Why did he make fun of Justice Scalia, saying he wanted to know what James Madison thought...

People in this episode

Hosts: Ilan Wurman, Kathryn Johnson

Guest: Mollie Hemingway

Topics covered

• Supreme Court
• originalism
• Alito
• current issues
• politics
• law

Keywords

• Alito
• Supreme Court
• originalism
• Mollie Hemingway
• Justice Scalia
• James Madison
• politics
• law

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Federalist, New York Times

Books & works: Alito: The Justice Who Reshaped the Supreme Court and Restored the Constitution

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