U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito on Monday rebuked one of his liberal colleagues for writing an “insulting” and “utterly irresponsible” dissent.
In a Monday night order, the high court allowed its landmark Voting Rights Act ruling to take effect immediately.
The 6-3 decision, authored by Alito, struck down Louisiana’s congressional map and sharply limited the ability of states to consider race when drawing congressional maps, reigniting redistricting battles nationwide ahead of the 2026 midterms.
Later that day, a group of Louisiana voters asked the justices to bypass the usual 32-day waiting period between when a ruling is issued and when the Supreme Court clerk releases the opinion to a lower court.
“Time is of the essence,” they wrote in an emergency application, noting how a delay could force “thousands of Louisiana voters who suffered through one racially gerrymandered election in 2024 and face the looming prospect of another in 2026.”
A majority of the justices agreed. In an unsigned order, the court said the typical 32-day waiting period is “subject to adjustment.”
The routine order took an unexpected turn, however, when Justice Jackson issued a lone dissent, calling the court’s action “unwarranted and unwise.”
Jackson, a liberal appointed by President Biden, said her conservative colleagues have “spawned chaos” and urged the court to “stay on the sidelines.”
“But, today, the Court chooses the opposite. Not content to have decided the law, it now takes steps to influence its implementation,” Jackson wrote.
“The Court unshackles itself from both constraints today and dives into the fray. And just like that, those principles give way to power. Because this abandon is unwarranted and unwise, respectfully, I dissent.”
Justice Alito was having none of it.
“The dissent in this suit levels charges that cannot go unanswered,” Alito wrote in a concurrence joined by Justices Thomas and Gorsuch. “The dissent would require that the 2026 congressional elections in Louisiana be held under a map that has been held to be unconstitutional.”
Alito called Jackson’s legal arguments “baseless,” “insulting,” and “trivial at best.”
“The dissent goes on to claim that our decision represents an unprincipled use of power. That is a groundless and utterly irresponsible charge,” he said. “It is the dissent’s rhetoric that lacks restraint.”
The fiery exchange highlights rising tensions at the court.
Last month, Justice Sonia Sotomayor issued a rare public apology for going after Justice Brett Kavanaugh in personal terms.
The controversy began in Kansas, where she criticized Kavanaugh for his concurring opinion in an immigration case involving ICE raids.
“I had a colleague in that case who wrote, you know, these are only temporary stops,” Sotomayor said, according to a Bloomberg report. “This is from a man whose parents were professionals. And probably doesn’t really know any person who works by the hour.”
Days later, Sotomayor said her remarks were inappropriate.
“I regret my hurtful comments. I have apologized to my colleague,” she said in a statement.
In a viral speech at the University of Texas School of Law, Justice Thomas decried “progressivism,” saying the political ideology, pushed by elites in Washington, threatens the foundational values of the United States.
“They water down their message, negotiate against themselves, vote against their principles, and hide in the tall grass,” Thomas asserted. “They recast themselves as institutionalists, pragmatists, or thoughtful moderates, all as a way of justifying their failures to themselves, their consciences, and their country.”
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