Jurisprudence By Enter your email to receive alerts for this author. Sign in or create an account to better manage your email preferences. Unsubscribe from email alerts Are you sure you want to unsubscribe from email alerts for Dahlia Lithwick ? May 04, 2026 1:42 PM It’s all a joke to Alito. Photo illustration by Slate. Photos by Joe Raedle/Getty Images, Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images, and Andrew Harnik/Getty Images. Sign up for  Executive Dysfunction , a newsletter that highlights one under-the-radar story each week about how Trump is changing the law—or how the law is pushing back. You’ll also receive updates on the latest from Slate’s Jurisprudence team. On Wednesday, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in Mullin v. Doe , a discrimination challenge against the Trump administration’s efforts to remove lawful temporary protected status from immigrants from Syria and Haiti.…