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Stephen Gillers, an expert in judicial ethics at New York University,
said he initially gave #Alito the benefit of the doubt
that the upside-down flag was not tied to the 'Stop the Steal' effort.
The second flag, he said, makes that theory no longer plausible," reported Ann E. Marimow and Justin Jouvenal.
"[Chief Justice John] Roberts must encourage Alito to recuse…

Judicial ethics expert who sided with Samuel Alito 'reversing himself' with 'new evidence'
A judicial ethics expert who previously was willing to give Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito a pass on the extremist symbol on his property, is now convinced he did in fact act unethically, according to The Washington Post.The analysis came as part of a report that Senate Democrats are putting new...

I was in law school when Samuel Alito was nominated to SCOTUS. One of my law professors knew him personally. Outside of class, he tried to reassure me that Alito was a "good" conservative, and not one of those crazy right-wing ideologues.
Maybe he was really trying to reassure himself. He couldn't have been more wrong.
—
#alito

Key Senate Democrats seek meeting with Chief Justice Roberts over
💥 'Supreme Court’s ethics crisis'💥
The senators are asking Chief Justice John Roberts
⭐️to "ensure" that Justice Alito recuses himself ⭐️ from certain cases.
Recusal is mandated when a reasonable person would have doubts about the judge's ability to be impartial in the case
-- a condition long surpassed in #Alito

Key Senate Democrats seek meeting with Chief Justice Roberts over 'Supreme Court’s ethics crisis'
Two top Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee asked to meet with Chief Justice John Roberts to address "the Supreme Court’s ethics crisis" following reports that controversial flags flown at the Capitol building by some supporters of former President Donald Trump on Jan.

Another Provocative Flag Was Flown at Another #Alito Home
Last summer,
two years after an upside-down American flag was flown outside the Virginia home of Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr.,
another provocative symbol was displayed at his vacation house in New Jersey, according to interviews and photographs.
This time, it was the
♦️ “Appeal to Heaven” flag, ♦️
which, like the inver…

Supreme Court Justice Alito’s Beach House Displayed ‘Appeal to Heaven’ Flag
The justice’s beach house displayed an “Appeal to Heaven” flag, a symbol carried on Jan. 6 and associated with a push for a more Christian-minded government.

Supreme Court Map Of Shame
#alitoiscorrupt

Supreme Court Map of Shame
Follow the money to see how billionaires have corrupted the Supreme Court

Cartoon from David Horsey about
#Alito #ClarenceThomas #scotus

Conservative Justice Samuel #Alito, a former U.S. attorney with a long history of voting in favor of prosecutors,
has shown signs of empathy for defendants in recent cases involving gun owners, Jan 6. rioters and former President Donald Trump.
Alito, appointed in 2006 by Republican President George W. Bush, has a reputation for being the justice on the court most hostile to criminal defendants. E…

Trump, gun owners and Jan. 6 rioters: Tough-on-crime Justice Alito displays empathy for some criminal defendants
Conservative Justice Samuel Alito, a former U.S. attorney with a long history of voting in favor of prosecutors, has shown signs of empathy for defendants.

Conservative Justice Samuel #Alito, a former U.S. attorney with a long history of voting in favor of prosecutors,
has shown signs of empathy for defendants in recent cases involving gun owners, Jan 6. rioters and former President Donald Trump.
Alito, appointed in 2006 by Republican President George W. Bush, has a reputation for being the justice on the court most hostile to criminal defendants. E…

Trump, gun owners and Jan. 6 rioters: Tough-on-crime Justice Alito displays empathy for some criminal defendants
Conservative Justice Samuel Alito, a former U.S. attorney with a long history of voting in favor of prosecutors, has shown signs of empathy for defendants.

Surreptitious recordings of Justice Samuel #Alito
—and flag-enthusiast wife Martha-Ann Alito
—discussing his 💥zero-sum politics💥 undermines all his justifications,
and confirms the warnings Democrats and judicial watchdogs have been issuing throughout this court’s credibility crisis.
“The recordings are a testament to the arrogance of Justice Alito and his wife,” Congressman Hank Johnso…

Sam Alito Clearly Thinks He’s Untouchable
In an interview with Vanity Fair, Congressman Hank Johnson attacked the “arrogance” of the Supreme Court justice and his wife, both of whom were caught in a secret recording expressing deeply partisan views: “They are extremists.”

Justice Samuel #Alito spoke candidly about the ideological battle between the left and the right
— discussing 👉the difficulty of living “peacefully” with ideological opponents👈 in the face of “fundamental” differences that “can’t be compromised.”
He endorsed what his interlocutor described as a 💥necessary fight💥 to
🔥“return our country to a place of godliness.” 🔥
And Alito offered a bl…

Justice Alito Caught on Tape Discussing How Battle for America ‘Can’t Be Compromised’
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito in a new recording says the battle for America "can't be compromised," and that one political party will "win."

MAGA Supreme Court Justices: America’s Untouchable Royalty
#alito

Royal MAGA Supreme Court Justices
Can you get an abortion? Will you be able to vote? These are just a few decisions that the Roberts Supreme Court has decided.

Justice #Alito himself declared the importance of judicial objectivity in his opinion for the majority in the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision overruling Roe v. Wade
— a bit of self-praise that now rings especially hollow.
The Constitution and Congress’s #recusal statute provide the objecti…

Opinion | How to Force Justices Alito and Thomas to Recuse Themselves in the Jan. 6 Cases
Can they really decide for themselves whether they can be impartial?

Here’s where #gerrymandering law gets stupid
and leaves the door open for bad-faith actors like #Alito and #Thomas.
🔸Gerrymandering based on race is largely unconstitutional.
🔸But gerrymandering based on the part…

SCOTUS's farcical endorsement of gerrymandering
The right-wing majority turned back the clock on efforts to address racial inequality.