The AP reports: U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel A.
Alito Jr. expressed frustration Friday at what he said were inaccuracies
in the media about the court and its decisions, saying it’s difficult
to sit by when opinions are misinterpreted.
‘‘Sometimes it’s inadvertent, and sometimes opinions are spun, just Alito cited the Citizens United ruling, which freed corporations and ‘‘Campaign finance is very complicated, so it’s easy to get it wrong, And sometimes they get it wrong purposefully and intentionally to create hysteria.
like everything else. … They’re reduced to a slogan that you put on a
bumper sticker, and that’s very frustrating,’’ he told an audience of students
labor unions of most limits on political spending, saying it involved a
complex area of elections law and applicationsd
and sometimes people get it wrong inadvertently,’’ he said.