Samuel Alito

Samuel Anthony Alito Jr. (/əˈliːtoʊ/ ə-LEE-toh; born April 1, 1950) is an American jurist who serves as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. He was nominated to the high court by President George W. Bush on October 31, 2005, and has served on it since January 31, 2006. After Antonin Scalia, Alito is the second Italian American justice to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court.

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Samuel Alito
Official portrait, 2007
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
Incumbent
Assumed office January 31, 2006
Nominated by	George W. Bush
Preceded by	Sandra Day O'Connor
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
In office April 30, 1990 – January 31, 2006
Nominated by	George H. W. Bush
Preceded by	John Joseph Gibbons
Succeeded by	Joseph A. Greenaway Jr.
United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey
In office December 10, 1987 – April 30, 1990
President	Ronald Reagan George H. W. Bush
Preceded by	Thomas Greelish
Succeeded by	Michael Chertoff
Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel
In office 1985–1987
President	Ronald Reagan
Personal details
Born	Samuel Anthony Alito Jr. (1950-04-01) April 1, 1950 (age 73) Trenton, New Jersey, U.S.
Spouse	Martha-Ann Bomgardner ​ ​ (m. 1985)​
Children	2
Education	Princeton University (BA) Yale University (JD)
Signature
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch/service	United States Army
Years of service	1972–1980
Rank	Captain
Unit	Signal Corps (Reserve)
Samuel Alito's voice Samuel Alito's comments on cameras in the Supreme Court Recorded March 7, 2019

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Alito was raised in Hamilton Township, New Jersey, and was educated at Princeton University and Yale Law School. After graduating from law school, he worked as an assistant attorney general for the Office of Legal Counsel and served as the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey. In 1990, Alito was appointed as a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, where he served until joining the Supreme Court. He has called himself a "practical originalist" and has been described as one of the Court's "most conservative justices".

Alito wrote the majority opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization (2022), in which the Supreme Court overturned its 1973 abortion rights decision Roe v. Wade. He has also written majority opinions in the landmark cases McDonald v. Chicago, Burwell v. Hobby Lobby, Murphy v. NCAA, and Janus v. AFSCME.