Samuel Alito: “Obviously, I’m here for another term.”

But rhetoric is a different story.

The physical threats and the harassment represents something new in our society and something that is quite disturbing … And I think it’s a danger to the courts, and I think it’s a danger to others in public life.

We didn’t know it when we produced the draft that was leaked, but it required courage to go ahead with that because of the implications.

It’s offensive,” he said. “I honestly try to decide every single case on the merits, every single application on the merit.