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In his first public appearance since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, Associate Justice Samuel Alito got in a dig at some of the foreign leaders who criticized the historic opinion he authored.
“I had the honor this term of writing, I think, the only Supreme Court decision in the history of that institution that has been lambasted by a whole string of foreign leaders who felt perfectly fine commenting on American law,” he said at a July 21 conference on religious liberty in Rome.
One, he said, in a light-hearted tone, was British Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
“But he has paid the price,” Alito said to laughter from the audience, alluding to Johnson’s announcement of his resignation earlier this month.
The event was hosted by the University of Notre Dame Law School, which posted video of the speech Thursday night.
Other critics Alito mentioned were French President Emmanuel Macron and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
“But what really wounded me was when the Duke of Sussex addressed the United Nations and seemed to compare the decision whose name may not be spoken with the Russian attack on Ukraine,” Alito said, referring to Prince Harry.
“Well, despite this temptation I’m not going to talk about cases from other countries,” he said.
In his address to the United Nations General Assembly earlier this month, Harry alluded to the overturn of Roe as part of “a global assault on democracy and freedom.
