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‘How very judicial’: Justice Samuel Alito blasted for taking dig at Prince Harry over Roe v Wade

'It is hard to convince people that religious liberty is worth defending,' Alito said in a recent speech

Supreme Court judge Samuel Alito reportedly took a dig at Prince Harry and other world politicians in a recent speech and had to face the wrath of the Internet. On July 21, Alito was speaking at a conference on religious liberty hosted by the University of Notre Dame Law School in Rome, where he addressed the criticisms he and his fellow conservative justices faced after Roe v Wade was overturned.

He said, as reported by ABC News, “What really wounded me, what really wounded me, was when the Duke of Sussex addressed the United Nations and seemed to compare the decision -- whose name may not be spoken -- with the Russian attack on Ukraine.” The 72-year-old went on to mock UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, French President Emmanuel Macron, and Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau.

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He remarked, “I had the honor this term of writing I think the only Supreme Court decision in the history of that institution that has been lambasted by a whole string of foreign leaders who felt perfectly fine commenting on American law.” Alito then went on to discuss Johnson's resignation and stated: “One of these was former Prime Minister Boris Johnson, but he paid the price.”

Alito added: “It is hard to convince people that religious liberty is worth defending if they don’t think that religion is a good thing that deserves protection. The challenge for those who want to protect religious liberty in the United States, Europe, and other similar places is to convince people who are not religious that religious liberty is worth special protection. That will not be easy to do.”

The apex court judge’s bitter words aimed at the Duke of Sussex came after he said during his UN speech on Nelson Mandela International Day, “From the horrific war in Ukraine to the rolling back of constitutional right in the US we are witnessing a global assault on democracy and freedom, the cores of Mandela's life.” In his address, Harry seemed to refer to the June 24 ruling.

Meanwhile, several on Twitter took offense at Alito's comments. A user sarcastically said, “How very judicial.” Another tweeted: “Batsh*t crazy.  No other explanation.” Someone wrote, “He's such an unjustifiably arrogant ignoranus enamored of his phallacious fantasies. I pity the women in his family. Hope they were able to escape and get therapy.” “To Alito From 🇨🇦 women Keep Trudeau’s (and Harry’s) name out of your filthy mouth,” another fumed.

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A tweet attacking him read, “He is a sexist religious bigot who cares nothing for anything other than himself. How dare he criticise men who would stand up for women's right to choose, and us prepared for women and girls to die for no good reason.” “An embryo isn’t a baby; an embryo shouldn’t have more rights than an actual human being. Girls as young as ten get raped and are forced to risk their lives to give birth, but that’s not slaughter to you, is it? Your mom did a terrible job, I’m sorry she didn’t have a termination,” another tweet added.