Biographer Peter Canellos Traces Justice Alito’s Rise Through The Conservative Legal Movement

By Ronald Collins · SCOTUSblog · 2026-07-10

According to SCOTUSblog, a new biography by Peter S. Canellos explores how Justice Samuel Alito’s formative years in New Jersey and his alienation from 1960s campus radicalism shaped his judicial philosophy. The interview details Alito’s transition from a meritocratic student at

According to SCOTUSblog, a new biography by Peter S. Canellos explores how Justice Samuel Alito’s formative years in New Jersey and his alienation from 1960s campus radicalism shaped his judicial philosophy. The interview details Alito’s transition from a meritocratic student at