Oct 7, 2026 · 7 min · 7 segments
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito says his decisions are not influenced by Donald Trump or by MAGA. He calls that assertion offensive. He calls himself a constitutional originalist. He says emergency…
He refers to himself as a practical originalist, and that would seem to run very close to what is referred to as a strict constructionist, going back to the original language in the Constitution rather than trying to interpret it to fit into the modern day.
I personally hate gambling, but, um, I think sports betting is, has, i- i- is bad for, it's bad for sports and bad for society.
But that's what the Constitution required, um, and so that's what we did.
So he says he ruled favorably on something that he hated, and okayed what he thought would be bad for society, and went with his originalist constitutional language philosophy.
He refers to himself as a practical originalist, and that would seem to run very close to what is referred to as a strict constructionist, going back to the original language in the Constitution rather than trying to interpret it to fit into the modern day.
I personally hate gambling, but, um, I think sports betting is, has, i- i- is bad for, it's bad for sports and bad for society.
But that's what the Constitution required, um, and so that's what we did.
So he says he ruled favorably on something that he hated, and okayed what he thought would be bad for society, and went with his originalist constitutional language philosophy.
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