alito
alito — noun
1. Samuel Anthony Alito Jr., born 1950, an American judge who has served as an Asso
Samuel Anthony Alito Jr., born 1950, an American judge who has served as an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court since 2006, when President George W. Bush appointed him to replace Sandra Day O'Connor.
Justice Alito wrote the majority opinion in the 2022 ruling that overturned Roe v. Wade.
title + surname: Justice Alito
President Bush nominated Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court in late 2005.
full name in nomination context
Before joining the Supreme Court, Alito served on the Third Circuit Court of Appeals for fifteen years.
Law students at Yale often debate Alito's reasoning in landmark constitutional cases.
文法句型
used as a surname
用法筆記
Always capitalised as a surname. In formal news writing, first reference is usually 'Justice Samuel Alito' or 'Samuel A. Alito Jr.'; later mentions shorten to 'Alito' or 'Justice Alito'.