{"id":155674,"date":"2026-07-01T08:28:53","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T16:28:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/07\/01\/alitos-outburst-and-tough-times-for-partners\/"},"modified":"2026-07-01T08:28:53","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T16:28:53","slug":"alitos-outburst-and-tough-times-for-partners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/07\/01\/alitos-outburst-and-tough-times-for-partners\/","title":{"rendered":"Alito\u2019s Outburst And Tough Times For Partners"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Supreme Court action gets spicy as Sam Alito <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/06\/sam-alito-takes-unusual-step-of-whining-from-the-bench-after-getting-called-out-for-lazy-hackery\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">threw a fit<\/a> from the bench. After Justice Sotomayor took the opportunity to systematically dismantle his reasoning in the asylum case, Alito spoke up out of turn to explain that he\u2019d have brought better arguments if he\u2019d known she planned to dogwalk him. And Biglaw isn\u2019t the collegial environment it used to be, with <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/06\/biglaws-partner-pay-revolution-has-a-losers-bracket\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">partners being given haircuts by leadership<\/a>. And we say goodbye to Chris Williams, who is leaving us as a co-host after this. <\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/07\/alitos-outburst-and-tough-times-for-partners\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Alito\u2019s Outburst And Tough Times For Partners<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"post-single__featured-image post-single__featured-image--medium alignright\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/abovethelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/06\/GettyImages-1163818437-300x200.jpg?resize=300%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><figcaption class=\"post-single__featured-image-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t (Photo by Alex Wong\/Getty Images)\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Supreme Court action gets spicy as Sam Alito <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/06\/sam-alito-takes-unusual-step-of-whining-from-the-bench-after-getting-called-out-for-lazy-hackery\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">threw a fit<\/a> from the bench. After Justice Sotomayor took the opportunity to systematically dismantle his reasoning in the asylum case, Alito spoke up out of turn to explain that he\u2019d have brought better arguments if he\u2019d known she planned to dogwalk him. And Biglaw isn\u2019t the collegial environment it used to be, with <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/06\/biglaws-partner-pay-revolution-has-a-losers-bracket\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">partners being given haircuts by leadership<\/a>. And we say goodbye to Chris Williams, who is leaving us as a co-host after this. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Supreme Court action gets spicy as Sam Alito threw a fit from the bench. After Justice Sotomayor took the opportunity to systematically dismantle his reasoning in the asylum case, Alito spoke up out of turn to explain that he\u2019d have brought better arguments if he\u2019d known she planned to dogwalk him. 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