Mollie Hemingway’s ‘Alito’ dives into how the justice reshaped the Supreme Court

There was a time when a Supreme Court justice could be a fairly obscure figure. Known in Washington, maybe, and recognized within the legal profession, but nothing like the celebrities that make up the elected branches of government. 

That was the state of affairs when Justice Samuel Alito began his career, and one that likely suited him just fine. It is not the world of 2026. In her latest book, Alito: The Justice Who Reshaped the Supreme Court and Restored the Constitution, author and editor-in-chief of the Federalist Mollie Hemingway presents a timely biography of the associate justice thrust into the spotlight by the growing attention on the court, the ever-deepening tribal warfare in American politics, and — most of all — by his authorship of the most politically impactful decision of the 21st century, Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization.

Dobbs unsurprisingly takes up a large part of the narrative, but