'Revenge for the Sixties': Book traces Supreme Court Justice Alito's past to present rulings

Journalist Peter Canellos takes a look at the family background, childhood and college experience of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, who has written major opinions ending the federal right to abortion and restricting the Voting Rights Act.

Here & Now's Indira Lakshmanan speaks with Canellos, author of "Revenge for the Sixties: Sam Alito and the Triumph of the Conservative Legal Movement."

By Peter Canellos

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