Alito

Again, I'm no lawyer so I don't really know what I'm talking about, but in the world of blogging, does that really matter? In reading about Judge Alito, two things strike me. One, he is often a dissenter from opinions. Two, his opinions seems to be often overruled by the Supreme Court, particularly on some key cases. When Roberts was nominated, one of the arguments in his favor was that he had argued often before the Court, and had a very good track record of winning. In other words, his arguments fell much in line with the majority on the Court. Alito seems often to be overruled, meaning he is not in synch with the majority. Andrew Sullivan references an interesting story in which Alito was not only overruled, but rebuked by his nickname-sake Scalia.

If a person is in a decision-making role in a company and his or her decisions are frequently being overruled by superiors, would we expect that person to get promotion? I don't think so.