“The highly unusual exchange between Justice Samuel Alito and Justice Sonia Sotomayor over a dissent read from the bench was based on a ‘misunderstanding’ by the conservative justice, the Supreme Court said Friday,” CNN reports.Said a court spokesperson: “Justice Alito was notified in advance by Justice Sotomayor’s chambers that she would be reading a dissent from the bench… It was a misunderstanding on Justice Alito’s part.”