Here's 2 more answers to your questions to be added.
#1- Yeah, he was trying to set a precedent. Who died and
made him a lawyer anyway?
#2- I'm not a lawyer, and I don't care what the lawyers say,
but, "findings" as Alito was talking about them are just
the things that have happened since a decision was made.
He was just saying that you can't look through a tiny
peephole if you want to find the real answer.
Where is Mrs. Alito sitting today? "I've grown accustomed to her face" and like it!