'Alito is the worst': WaPo columnist tees off on 'intellectually dishonest' justice
7 months ago

'Alito is the worst': WaPo columnist tees off on 'intellectually dishonest' justice

Raw Story  

U.S. Supreme Court justice Samuel Alito is blaming his wife for an upside-down American flag displayed outside his home after the 2020 election, and Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson called the scandal another example of why he's one of the worst in history. The inverted flag is considered a signal of distress, and some of Donald Trump's supporters adopted the symbol to protest Joe Biden's election win -- and even carried them during the U.S. Capitol riot -- and Robinson agreed with MSNBC's Joe Scarborough that his explanation was bogus. "He says briefly, you know, that the Times story had neighbors suggesting that briefly meant for a period of days, this flag was flying upside-down at Justice Alito's house. The idea that, you know, a yard sign that says something rude, apparently said something rude about President Trump, is enough for a Supreme Court justice, who is supposed to be non-political, supposed to be, you know, less political than Caesar's wife, would do this."

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Opinion: Justice Alito ditches judicial impartiality, again
6 months, 1 week ago

Opinion: Justice Alito ditches judicial impartiality, again

LA Times  

The Alitos, photographed in 2018. It’s unethical whether the trapper is the far-right Project Veritas or the left-leaning “advocacy journalist” who ensnared Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. and his wife, Martha-Ann, just last week. But it’s difficult, you know, because there are differences on fundamental things that really can’t be compromised.” When she pressed on, suggesting that people “who believe …

'Grave': Justice Alito put on notice that he might have committed an 'impeachable offense'
6 months, 2 weeks ago

'Grave': Justice Alito put on notice that he might have committed an 'impeachable offense'

Raw Story  

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito may have committed an impeachable offense in the course of defending from the upside down-flag controversy in which he's embroiled. Litman went on to say that Alito, under fire for a flag associated with "Stop the Steal" efforts that was displayed on the justice's property, wrote a letter that might end up being problematic for …

'The timeline just disproves it': Justice Alito's neighbor suggests he's 'outright lying'
6 months, 2 weeks ago

'The timeline just disproves it': Justice Alito's neighbor suggests he's 'outright lying'

Raw Story  

He has more explaining to do. Justice Samuel Alito's excuse for why his wife hoisted an upside-down American flag at their home to respond to a tiff with neighbor was put into serious question by that neighbor. Emily Baden appeared on CNN's "Out Front" with Erin Burnett to recount what prompted her beef with Martha-Ann Alito and call out the …

Former Alito clerk says it's "bonkers" that he won't recuse himself from cases involving Trump
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Former Alito clerk says it's "bonkers" that he won't recuse himself from cases involving Trump

Salon  

Amid the roiling controversy over flags associated with right-wing MAGA violence that were flown outside Samuel Alito's homes, the conservative Supreme Court justice has insisted on staying where he is and refused to step aside from cases involving Donald Trump and the January 6 insurreciton. Despite Alito's excuse that it was his wife who is "fond of flying flags," one …

Trump’s sentencing, Alito’s flag letter, Robert De Niro: The biggest political stories of the week.
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Trump’s sentencing, Alito’s flag letter, Robert De Niro: The biggest political stories of the week.

Slate  

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito is still in the thick of it over the flying of suspect flags at his domiciles. First there was the upside-down American flag flown outside his Alexandria home shortly after Jan. 6, then there was the “Appeal to Heaven” flag—a flag that over the years has gone from something the San Francisco city government enjoyed …

The Alito Scandal Is Worse Than It Seems
6 months, 3 weeks ago

The Alito Scandal Is Worse Than It Seems

Politico  

The Alito household’s display of those flags — no matter what prompted it or whose decision it was to fly them — means that Alito should recuse himself from the cases pending before the court concerning Trump’s alleged efforts to steal the election. Even if Alito’s account is completely true, though, there would still be no excuse for a Supreme …

Legal experts don't buy Alito's latest seditious flag excuse, say he should be "recusing himself"
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Legal experts don't buy Alito's latest seditious flag excuse, say he should be "recusing himself"

Salon  

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, justifying his decision not to recuse himself from two cases relating to the January 6 attack on the Capitol, has claimed that he was "not even aware" of an upside-down American flag that he said was flown by his wife in response to a neighborly dispute rather than as a political statement in support …

Letters to the Editor: Alito’s upside-down flag demands his recusal from 2020 election cases
7 months ago

Letters to the Editor: Alito’s upside-down flag demands his recusal from 2020 election cases

LA Times  

To the editor: It is naive to assume that Supreme Court justices come to the court with a neutral political perspective. That’s why the recent report of an upside-down American flag flying outside Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr.’s home in January 2021, the symbol of former President Trump’s “Stop the Steal” campaign, is so disturbing. By any reasonable ethical standard, …

Ex-prosecutor shows how Justice Alito's flag scandal may be 'worse than people are saying'
7 months ago

Ex-prosecutor shows how Justice Alito's flag scandal may be 'worse than people are saying'

Raw Story  

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito may be in deeper trouble than media reports suggest, according to a former federal prosecutor. If that's true, "it's worrisome but mainly another problem spouse," according to former federal prosecutor Harry Litman. there is no 'steal' going on Jan. 17, 2021, in this country, and the suggestion otherwise is an absolute treachery to confidence in …

Court analyst shreds Justice Alito's flag stunt: His 'brain has been pickled' by Fox News
7 months ago

Court analyst shreds Justice Alito's flag stunt: His 'brain has been pickled' by Fox News

Raw Story  

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito's explanation for why a MAGA election denial upside-down flag was displayed at his house was completely unhinged, legal reporter Mark Joseph Stern told MSNBC's Alex Wagner on Friday evening — and his attempt to pin it all on his wife having a dispute over an anti-Trump sign with their neighbor was completely unconvincing. Wagner opened …

Samuel Alito's snide denial of his Jan. 6 flag is just as ugly as flying it in the first place
7 months ago

Samuel Alito's snide denial of his Jan. 6 flag is just as ugly as flying it in the first place

Salon  

Add one more incident to the "shocking but not surprising" pile that grows mountainously high in an era of rising fascism: Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito flew a flag at his house signaling support for the Capitol insurrection in the days after January 6, 2021. As reported Thursday by Jodi Kantor of the New York Times, photographs and testimony from …

Sam Alito's 'dog ate my homework' excuse for MAGA flag buried by CNN's Fareed Zakaria
7 months ago

Sam Alito's 'dog ate my homework' excuse for MAGA flag buried by CNN's Fareed Zakaria

Raw Story  

CNN's Fareed Zakaria buried U.S. Supreme Court justice Samuel Alito for displaying a MAGA symbol outside his home in the days between the Jan. 6 insurrection and president Joe Biden's inauguration. The conservative justice claims his wife flew an upside-down American flag, which some of the U.S. Capitol riots carried during the violent insurrection, in response to a neighbor's sign …

'Nobody believes him': Morning Joe rips Alito's excuse for 'disgusting' MAGA flag
7 months ago

'Nobody believes him': Morning Joe rips Alito's excuse for 'disgusting' MAGA flag

Raw Story  

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough condemned U.S. Supreme Court justice Samuel Alito as "disgusting" for displaying an upside-down American flag outside his home in the days between the Jan. 6 insurrection and president Joe Biden's inauguration. The New York Timespublished photos of the inverted flag taken Jan. 17, 2021, and Alito told the newspaper that his wife placed it briefly outside their …

Judicial insider blows up Justice Alito's attempt to 'blame his wife' for latest scandal
7 months ago

Judicial insider blows up Justice Alito's attempt to 'blame his wife' for latest scandal

Raw Story  

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito was quick to blame his wife when it was discovered that a MAGA symbol was displayed in the justice's front yard as the high court was considering an election case, but that excuse doesn't hold water, according to a federal courts insider. She highlighted the recent controversy, which saw an upside down flag flying …

Alito leaves Supreme Court 'out on limb' with 'puzzling' judicial approach: legal experts
7 months, 1 week ago

Alito leaves Supreme Court 'out on limb' with 'puzzling' judicial approach: legal experts

Raw Story  

During his 18 years on the U.S. Supreme Court, Justice Samuel Alito has been known as a tough-on-crime jurist. But NBC News legal reporter Lawrence Hurley reports that some legal experts believe that Alito is expressing more sympathy for criminal defendants if the person is former President Donald Trump or Trump supporters facing January 6-releated charges. "Alito, appointed in 2006 …

Why does Justice Alito keep making things worse for the Supreme Court?
1 year, 4 months ago

Why does Justice Alito keep making things worse for the Supreme Court?

LA Times  

Amid all the attention paid lately to the now thrice-indicted former president, the first in U.S. history to defy voters’ will, spare some time for the recent outrages of yet another major actor in our political theater. “Samuel Alito, the Supreme Court’s Plain-Spoken Defender” was the congenial headline for its latest article based on interviews with the justice. What Alito …

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