Award-winning journalist Peter Canellos' new book is 'Revenge for the Sixties: Sam Alito and the Triumph of the Conservative Legal Movement'

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Peter Canellos discusses his new book on Samuel Alito and the conservative legal movement following the Dobbs decision.

When the Supreme Court handed down its decision in Dobbs v. Jackson, the landmark case overturning Roe v. Wade, it marked a turning point in the lives of millions of Americans. It was also the culmination of a decades-long movement whose grievances were embodied by the man who wrote the court’s opinion: Samuel Anthony Alito Jr.Prize-winning journalist Peter Canellos will tell us about his new book:‘Revenge for the Sixties: Sam Alito and the Triumph of the Conservative Legal Movement.’ It is the first-ever biography of the most pivotal Justice on the Supreme Court whose decisions, like the overturning of Roe, will drive the reshaping of America.

People in this episode

Hosts: Joe Donahue, Sarah LaDuke

Guest: Peter Canellos

Topics covered

• Supreme Court
• Conservative Legal Movement
• Biography
• Roe v. Wade
• Judicial Decisions

Keywords

• Peter Canellos
• Samuel Alito
• Supreme Court
• Roe v. Wade
• Conservative Legal Movement
• Dobbs v. Jackson
• Biography

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Books & works: Revenge for the Sixties: Sam Alito and the Triumph of the Conservative Legal Movement

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