alito and his wife. the new york times reviewed a strain of emails and conversations that seemed to support his claims. the hobby lobby decision was the conservative court s first major signal that it was willing to pursue an aggressively political right-wing religious agenda when it comes to reproductive rights. and we all know how that ended. justice alito issued a statement in response to the claims, writing the allegation that the wrights were told of the outcome of the decision in the hobby lobby case or the authorship of the opinion by the court is completely false. it s unknown whether he issued the statement while twirling a sinister mustache, but beating the hand that extinguished roe v. wade empowered alito. it overturned half a century of precedent, called roe egregiously wrong and a weak argument. he cited centuries old common law, categorizing a woman who received an abortion after quickening as a murderess and then he took a victory lap.