 told a woman posing as a Catholic conservative last week that compromise in America between the left and right might be impossible, and then agreed with the view that the nation should return to a place of godliness. One side or the other side is going to win, Justice Alito told the woman. There can be a way of working, a way of living together peacefully, but it's difficult, you know, because there are differences on fundamental things that really can't be compromised.