In his first public comments since writing the landmark Supreme Court decision that overturned Roe v. Wade, Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito told a joke about the many foreign leaders who opposed the decision, including outgoing United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
“I had the honor, this term, of writing, I think, the only Supreme Court decision in the history of the institution that has been lambasted by a whole string of foreign leaders who felt perfectly fine commenting on American law,” said Alito to applause.
“One of these was former Prime Minister Boris Johnson,” said Alito, “but he paid the price.”
The Great Justice Alito mocking all the foreign leaders who whined about his Roe v. Wade opinion.
“One of these was former Prime Minister Boris Johnson, but he paid the price.”pic.twitter.com/K82MchZkSk
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Johnson announced he would resign earlier this month, and has placed his departure date in September. The British leader was famously pro-abortion, pro-Ukraine, and pro-COVID restrictions, but perceived hypocrisy and scandals found him ousted from his position.
“Others are still in office,” noted Alito. “President Macron and Prime Minister Trudeau, I believe, are two.”
Macron, the President of France, issued a statement declaring that the Supreme Court decision hurt the rights of women, while the Canadian Prime Minister denigrated the decision using harsh rhetoric.
Alito indicated that, to him, the most egregious foreigner to comment on Roe v. Wade was Prince Harry of Sussex, who infamously abandoned his position with the United Kingdom’s Royal Family to move to Hollywood with his wife, Meghan Markle, the previously divorced mixed race woman who has accused the royals of discrimination.
“What really wounded me was when the Dude of Sussex addressed the United Nations,” said Alito, “and seemed to compare the Decision Whose Name Must Not Be Spoken with the Russian attack on Ukraine.”
Still, Alito seemed undaunted by pro-abortion opposition, and told the crowd that “Ultimately, if we are going to win the battle to protect religious freedom in an increasingly secular society, we will need more than positive law.”
Alito, who wrote the June 24 decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, delivered the remarks at the Notre Dame Religious Liberty Summit in Italy earlier this week.
