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Politics● LowOct 5 · Oct 5, 2026, 1:02 PM

Justice Samuel Alito reacts to Trump jabs: "We are not attempting to further any political agenda"

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Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, whose new book, "So Ordered: An Originalist's View of the Constitution, the Court, and Our Country," comes out this week, sat down with CBS News chief legal correspondent Jan Crawford. He addressed President Trump's criticisms of the Court and the leak of the draft of his abortion opinion that overturned Roe v. Wade.

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