Judging Requires Judgment, Says Justice Alito

The most interesting insight of Justice Samuel Alito’s new book may seem obvious, but it’s less obvious coming from an originalist. Turn any article into a podcast. Upgrade now to start listening. Members can share articles with friends & family to bypass the paywall. Midway through Justice Samuel Alito’s new book is a chapter about baseball. That might seem like an odd centerpiece for a book subtitled An Originalist’s View of the Constitution, the Court, and Our Country. But baseball turns out to be a surprisingly good metaphor for one of Alito’s larger points: judges, like umpires, apply rules. Anastasia Boden is director of constitutional scholarship at the Pacific Legal Foundation, where she hosts the Supreme Court podcast, In Dissent. She is also a columnist for SCOTUSblog. More We Think You’d Like