Justice Samuel Alito of the Supreme Court poked fun at Prince Harry’s comments regarding the contentious Roe v. Wade decision.
Alito commented on the British Prince getting involved in domestic US politics last week during his speech at the University of Notre Dame Law School in Rome.
“I had the honour this term of penning what I believe to be the only Supreme Court decision in the institution’s history that has been roundly criticised by a number of foreign heads of state who felt perfectly at ease criticising American law.
“Boris Johnson, a former prime minister, was one of them, but he paid the price. President Macron and Prime Minister Trudeau are two others who are still in office.
To the audience’s laughter, he said, “But what really hurt me was when the Duke of Sussex addressed the UN and seemed to compare the decision—whose name may not be spoken—with the Russian attack on Ukraine.”
“Well, despite this temptation, I’m not going to talk about cases from other nations,” Alito continued.
“All I am going to say is that in the end, we will need more than positive law if we are going to win the battle to protect religious freedom in an increasingly secular society.”
