• Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez criticized Justice Alito's recent remarks as "politicized" in a tweet. 
  • Alito had joked about global leaders' shock at the overturning of Roe v. Wade.
  • Ocasio-Cortez said SCOTUS is in a "legitimacy crisis" and said the remarks are "alarming."

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez criticized into Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito on for "alarming" remarks he made about world leader reacting to the overturn of Roe v. Wade. 

Ocasio-Cortez tweeted a clip from Alito's speech at a conference on religious liberty in Rome on July 21, in which Alito joked about how figures like UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, French President Emmanuel Macron, and Prince Harry had reacted to the decision.

She said the comments were "politicized" and demonstrated a "legitimacy crisis" in the court.

She also called on Alito to provide an update into the court's investigation into how the Roe v. Wade decision was leaked, an extremely unusual lapse in its procedures.

"Remember: it was Alito's opinion that leaked," she wrote. "That fact paired with his politicized remarks below should be alarming to anyone. The Supreme Court is in a legitimacy crisis. Chief Justice Roberts has a responsibility to share the progress & results of SCOTUS' leak investigation."

Alito, whose speech reflected on religious liberty as a global issue, quipped that Johnson, who resigned in early June, had "paid the price" for calling the Roe reversal a "step backwards."

He also said sarcastically that he was "really wounded" when Prince Harry appeared to criticize the decision in a speech to the UN.

Ocasio-Cortez was among a group of Democrats, including Reps. Cori Bush and Ilhan Omar, who were arrested last week outside the Supreme Court after they joined a protest in support of abortion rights that blocked traffic.

Trust in the Supreme Court has fallen to a historic low, according to a Gallup poll of 1,015 adults in June. That was conducted after the Roe v. Wade opinion had leaked, but before the justices announced their decision. 

Alito could not be reached for comment. 

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