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In So Ordered, Justice Alito Challenges Americans To Be Courageous Citizens

Justice Alito has spent the past 20 years fighting for America at the Supreme Court. Now, it’s time for the rest of the nation to do the same.

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Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito has never been a big talker. Aside from his succinct yet effective contributions to oral arguments, the senior justice is known for his calm and shy demeanor. Try to find an interview of the guy on YouTube and one will come up with a very short list of results.

But after serving 20 years at the Supreme Court, Alito is now speaking out in a major way — his way.

The Bush 43 appointee published his first book, So Ordered: An Originalist’s View of the Constitution, the Court, and Our Country, on Tuesday. Largely based on speeches he’s given in the years since joining the high court, the literary work includes Alito’s thoughts about judicial interpretation, the state of the Supreme Court, and a variety of other issues impacting the nation.

As the title alludes to, a big feature of the book revolves around Alito’s discussion of originalism, the judicial philosophy that focuses on interpreting the Constitution as it was written at the time it was written. The senior justice not only delves into the history of originalism and how it’s become a prominent theory among modern judges and intellectuals, but he also provides a list of “wrong turns” originalists sometimes make when assessing the law in a given case.

One example provided by the justice is “Icarian originalism.” Named after the mythological Greek boy who flew too close to the sun, the mistake comes when an originalist “soars too high” and........

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