Key facts
- Justice Samuel Alito believes there is a "concerted effort to intimidate the court."
- Alito is concerned about the future of the Supreme Court.
- He stated the court has not always done the right thing but is fundamental in protecting constitutional structure and rights.
- Alito made these remarks in a pre-recorded interview with Fox News Sunday.
- President Trump has recently criticized some justices, including those appointed by him.
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito voiced concerns about the integrity and future of the nation's highest court, citing what he described as a "concerted effort to intimidate the court and justices on the court, to try to influence us to decide cases differently from the way in which we have been deciding them." Alito made these remarks in a pre-recorded interview with Fox News Sunday, which aired on Sunday.
He acknowledged that the court has "not always done the right thing" but asserted that, "on the whole it has been fundamental in protecting our constitutional structure and the rights that all Americans enjoy." The justice was also questioned by Fox News anchor Shannon Bream about President Donald Trump's recent criticisms of some justices, including those he appointed. Trump had expressed disappointment that some justices he appointed had "voted against me too often."