Justice Alito ‘agrees’ in secret recording that US should return to ‘place of godliness’

Embattled Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito agreed the US should “return to a place of godliness,” in a secret recording of candid comments made at an event earlier this month.

The conservative justice acknowledged that American society was polarized but said that there were differences of opinion on fundamental issues that “really can’t be compromised.”

Alito made the remarks during the Supreme Court Historical Society’s annual dinner on June 3. The conversation was recorded secretly by documentary filmmaker Lauren Windsor and came amid a string of controversies surrounding the judge and his wife.

In the recording, Windsor – who also spoke to Alito at the 2023 event – said: “People in this country who believe in God have got to keep fighting for that — to return our country to a place of godliness.”

“I agree with you. I agree with you,” replied Alito.

The pair also discuss the polarization of America, with Windsor saying: “I don’t know that we can negotiate with the left in the way that needs to happen for the polarization to end. I think that it’s a matter of, like, winning.”

Alito replies: “I think you’re probably right. On one side or the other — one side or the other is going to win.

“I don’t know. I mean, there can be a way of working — a way of living together peacefully, but it’s difficult, you know, because there are differences on fundamental things that really can’t be compromised. They really can’t be compromised.

“So it’s not like you are going to split the difference.”

During their 2023 conversation, which Windsor also recorded, Alito accused the media of “eroding trust” in the US justice system in the eyes of American citizens.

“It’s easy to blame the media but I do blame them because they do nothing but