Samuel Alito
Role at the time: Supreme Court associate justice, dissenting
Defended or excused
Statement summary
Alito would allow enforcement while the injunction is appealed.
“I would grant the Government’s application”
Read the original text (opens in a new tab)Supreme Court stay denial, Kavanaugh concurrence and Alito dissent: USPS v. California · Supreme Court of the United StatesPDF p.1: concurrence; pp.2–9: dissent and Thomas’s express joinder
The Court denies a stay of the preliminary injunction. Kavanaugh objects to applying the rule in 2026; Alito would grant the stay and Thomas joins him. This is emergency relief, not final disposition of every challenge to the executive order.
Why we used this label
Defends 2026 enforcement by supporting a stay.