Left: United States Supreme Court Associate Justice Samuel Alito poses for an official portrait at the East Conference Room of the Supreme Court building on Oct. 7, 2022, in Washington, D.C.; Right: Associate Justice Antonin Scalia poses for photographers at the U.S. Supreme Court on Oct. 31, 2005, in Washington D.C. (Left: Alex Wong/Getty Images; Right: Charles Ommanney/Getty Images)
Rosen wrote that he conveyed that one of Scalia's children had told him that she was grateful to God for taking her father at that time because it meant that he did not have to witness much that would have been upsetting to him.
"He would have been appalled at so much," Alito concurred, according to the report.
Alito delivered the opinion in the 2022 Supreme Court ruling that struck down the controversial 1973 Roe v. Wade abortion decision.
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The Supreme Court of the United States building is seen in Washington D.C., United States on Feb. 4, 2026. ( Celal Gunes/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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Alito was appointed by GOP President George W. Bush in 2005 and began serving on the Supreme Court in 2006.
Alex Nitzberg is a writer for Fox News Digital.
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