Skip to main content
KnowGovUnderstand. Power. Act.
Portrait of Samuel Alito
Appointed

Samuel Alito

Supreme Court Justice

U.S. Supreme Court

Joined the courtJan 31, 200620 years
Appointed byGeorge W. BushLife tenure
Call OfficeContact Form
20Years on the court
76Age

The Bench

John RobertsChief Justice · since 2005Clarence ThomasJustice · since 1991Sonia SotomayorJustice · since 2009Elena KaganJustice · since 2010Neil GorsuchJustice · since 2017Brett KavanaughJustice · since 2018Amy Coney BarrettJustice · since 2020Ketanji Brown JacksonJustice · since 2022

About

Samuel Anthony Alito Jr. is an American jurist who serves as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. He was nominated to the high court by President George W. Bush on October 31, 2005, and has served on it since January 31, 2006. After Antonin Scalia, Alito is the second Italian American justice to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court.

From WikipediaWikipedia →Ballotpedia →

Judicial Record

66Cases OT2025
83%In the Majority
11Dissents
6Majority Opinions

16 opinions written this term, counting concurrences and dissents

Recent decisions

Sided with, OT2025

Positions as recorded by The Supreme Court Database (Spaeth et al., 2026 Release 01). “Sided with” counts cases where both justices took part; concurring counts with the majority.

In the news

(12)
12 of 12 stories shown