这位资深大法官周日表示，在要求改革这一历史悠久机构的呼声日益高涨之际，他“担心法院的未来”。美国最高法院大法官塞缪尔·阿利托周日在接受《福克斯新闻周日》预先录制的采访时表示了对美国最高法院未来的担忧。
The longtime justice said he is "concerned about the future of the court” amid growing calls for reform. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito on Sunday expressed concerns about the future of the nation’s highest court amid growing calls to reform the storied institution.
“有组织地采取协同行动，企图恐吓法院以及法院的大法官，试图影响我们，让我们以不同于以往的方式裁决案件。我担心法院的未来，”阿利托说。
“There has been a concerted effort to intimidate the court — and justices on the court — to try to influence us to decide cases differently from the way in which we have been deciding them and I am concerned about the future of the court,” Alito said in a pre-recorded interview with “Fox News Sunday.”
他继续说：“我认为这是一家重要机构，它并非总是做出正确的决定，但总体而言，它在保护我们的宪政结构以及所有美国人享有的权利方面发挥了根本性作用。”民主党和进步派领导人已将全面改革法院作为目标，认为由共和党任命的大法官组成的6比3多数使特朗普政府能够绕开国会，并指控部分大法官存在伦理违规行为。
He continued, “I think it’s an important institution and it has not always done the right thing, but I think on the whole it has been fundamental in protecting our constitutional structure and the rights that all Americans enjoy.”Democratic and progressive leaders have set their sights on overhauling the court, arguing its 6-3 majority of Republican-appointed justices has allowed the Trump administration to circumvent Congress and accusing some justices of ethical violations.