Samuel Alito: “We didn’t know it when we produced the draft that was leaked, but it required courage to go ahead with that because of…”

It's not pleasant, in the sense that it's a reminder of mortality," Alito said, referring to the conservative calls for him to move along for the good of the legal right.

If that means a high correlation with what Trump wants, fine. If it means zero correlation with what Trump wants, fine as well.

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

The example of the casinos, I thought, was telling, and the governor of Nevada at that time said the casinos are open.