Conservative Supreme Court justices have abandoned Samuel Alito not once but twice this year after finding his draft majority opinions went too far, according to a new leak from the court.
Alito has been tapped to write the majority opinion only to find himself losing it on two separate occasions in 2024, sources told CNN. Such losses—which are reportedly rare—come amid “increasingly palpable” frustration with the 74-year-old in the courtroom, according to the network.
One of Alito’s defeats came when Amy Coney Barrett and Ketanji Brown Jackson decided to jump ship from slim a 5-4 majority, according to CNN.
