When U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Samuel Alito spoke to the National Lawyers Convention of the Federalist Society in early November, no one would have predicted that his address would be a Christmas gift to America.
Alito’s basic message was a warning that the First Amendment’s guarantee of religious liberty — our “First Freedom” —is being jeopardized as never before by politicians using Covid-19 as an excuse to violate the Constitution.
As HillFaith reported last month, Alito told the convention at the outset of his address, which he delivered virtually, that “the pandemic has resulted in previously unimaginable restrictions on individual liberty.” Continue reading “Justice Samuel Alito’s Christmas Present For America”