Alito defending the nonpartisan, non-advocacy nature of @FedSoc, which of course is an implicit defense of judges belonging to the organization. Notes the decline of tolerance for debate.
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Alito predicts more efforts like Whitehouse's to threaten the Court, notes that this sort of thing is more common in other countries. Talks about a judge from another country facing a tank rolling up to the courthouse.
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Now, Alito paying tribute to the vast influence of Justice Scalia on today's judiciary & how it reads the Constitution & statutes.
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Justice Alito sums up with an ode to the importance of the idea of liberty in our hearts, as the ultimate safeguard of our constitutional system.
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I read that as "animus brief" and I think it's too accurate.
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Anyone say “Lighten up, Sammy baby, these are good times for free speech”?
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He made the case, as I have, that the Court has been more protective of speech in recent decades. It's as good as it has ever been. But the threats also compound and the cultural support is weakening - that was his message.
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