{"id":114537,"date":"2021-01-31T18:47:41","date_gmt":"2021-01-31T23:47:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=114537"},"modified":"2021-01-31T19:12:00","modified_gmt":"2021-02-01T00:12:00","slug":"alito-not-surprised-at-backlash-after-calling-covid-19-lockdowns-constitutional-stress-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/alito-not-surprised-at-backlash-after-calling-covid-19-lockdowns-constitutional-stress-test\/","title":{"rendered":"Alito \u2018Not Surprised\u2019 At Backlash After Calling COVID-19 Lockdowns \u2018Constitutional Stress Test\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Falito-not-surprised-at-backlash-after-calling-covid-19-lockdowns-constitutional-stress-test%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=114537&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Justice Samuel Alito said Sunday that he &#8220;was not surprised&#8221; at the backlash he faced for saying in a speech for the Federalist Society that COVID-19 lockdowns are a &#8220;constitutional stress test&#8221; that have curbed American liberty to a degree &#8220;previously unimaginable.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In a statement <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/politics\/2021\/01\/31\/supreme-court-justice-samuel-alito-marks-15-years-high-court\/6697388002\/?utm_campaign=snd-autopilot\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">published in USA Today<\/a>\u00a0on the 15th anniversary of his confirmation to the Supreme Court under former President George W. Bush, Alito said, &#8220;Virtually every substantive point in the Federalist Society speech was taken from one of my published opinions or an opinion I joined.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Alito, who predicted that his comments in the September speech would be &#8220;twisted,&#8221; added, &#8220;I was not surprised by the reaction.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>As The Daily Wire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/previously-unimaginable-alito-criticizes-coronavirus-restrictions-warns-religious-liberty-becoming-disfavored-right\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a> of his speech last fall:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>Justice Samuel Alito characterized lingering local and state coronavirus lockdowns Thursday as a \u201cconstitutional stress test\u201d that are placing restrictions on liberty that were \u201cpreviously unimaginable.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWe have never before seen restrictions as severe, extensive and prolonged,\u201d Alito said in a virtual speech to The Federalist Society, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/samuel-alito-health-coronavirus-pandemic-us-supreme-court-courts-b19be4afbb45ef317816b99276bc9601\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Associated Press<\/a>. He added that the lockdowns have introduced \u201cpreviously unimaginable restrictions on individual liberty.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Stressing his belief that the coronavirus is a real public health emergency, Alito went on to emphasize that the lockdowns are testing the limits of constitutional freedoms and bringing to the surface trends that have been percolating long before the pandemic. Alito warned that such measures must be kept from becoming a \u201crecurring feature after the pandemic has passed.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThe COVID crisis has served as a sort of constitutional stress test, and in doing so it has highlighted disturbing trends that were already present before the virus struck,\u201d Alito said.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>[&#8230;]<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cIt pains me to say this,\u201d he said, \u201cbut in certain quarters, religious liberty is fast becoming a disfavored right.\u201d He brought up the case that came before the court\u00a0in July regarding a church in Nevada that was seeking relief regarding the state\u2019s lockdown orders on houses of worship.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Alito, who has erred on the side of religious liberty in cases that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/supreme-court-denies-nevada-churchs-challenge-of-coronavirus-restrictions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">houses of worship<\/a> have brought to the high court during the pandemic, was met with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/politics\/2020\/11\/13\/supreme-court-justice-samuel-alito-criticized-federalist-society-address\/6276883002\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">intense criticism<\/a> for his comments, including from Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), who called him a political hack.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Supreme Court Justices aren&#039;t supposed to be political hacks. This right-wing speech is nakedly partisan. My bill to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/EndCorruptionNow?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#EndCorruptionNow<\/a> restores some integrity to our Court by forcing Justices to follow the ethics rules other federal judges follow. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VAjFAqGesN\">https:\/\/t.co\/VAjFAqGesN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenWarren\/status\/1327284819546533891?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 13, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Adam Ciongoli, a former law clerk to Alito, told USA Today, &#8220;He\u2019s not afraid to be alone on things. Justice Alito is a shy person but he does not shy from controversy because, in my experience, he has a very clear sense of what his role is and what is right and wrong.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I don\u2019t see him changing,&#8221; Ciongoli continued. &#8220;What I do see is the landscape of the debate shifting in a way that very interestingly puts his philosophy and his personality and orientation as a figure in the middle of that debate.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related<\/strong>: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/idaho-church-deacon-arrested-outdoor-service-discusses-victory-against-state\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">EXCLUSIVE: Church Deacon Arrested For Outdoor Worship Service Discusses Victory Against Idaho<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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