The conservative cheerleaders behind SCOTUS nominee Samuel Alito have been busy insisting that Alito’s dissent in the 1991 case Planned Parenthood v. Casey does not necessarily signal a wider dissent with Roe v. Wade — so busy, it seems, that no one’s been keeping an eye on Alito’s mother.
Indeed, yesterday, when an AP reporter spoke with Rose Alito in her Hamilton, N.J., home, it was clear the 90-year-old hadn’t heard all the talking points. “Of course, he’s against abortion,” the nominee’s mother told the press. After all, he’s a good Catholic.
