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At Rome, Justice Alito Finds His Faith

In a remarkable address, featuring a rousing defense of Dobbs against foreign critics, he emerges as a jurist as comfortable speaking ex cathedra as when draped in black robes.

Matt Cashore/University of Notre Dame
Justice Samuel Alito at Rome, July 21, 2022. Matt Cashore/University of Notre Dame
A.R. HOFFMAN
A.R. HOFFMAN

ROME — Justice Samuel Alito took to the Eternal City last week to sound, in a remarkable address, a clarion call for religious liberty, defending its flourishing on American shores even as he sharply castigated critics abroad.

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A.R. HOFFMAN
A.R. HOFFMAN

Mr. Hoffman is an associate editor of the Sun, where he covers politics and culture. He holds a PhD from Harvard and a law degree from Stanford.

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