Alito displayed a “stop the steal” symbol at his home

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Anonymous wrote:Here is the entire letter. Sorry, liberals. He is not recusing and cannot be forced to do so.

Why “sorry liberals”?

If you are an American and a patriot, you too should consider the damage that Alito is doing to SCOTUS. That damage is ultimately worse for the United States than for “liberals”. You too should desire a SCOTUS that is above reproach and the envy of the world. Our rule of law has made us a global force to be reckoned with.

Alito is mocking the country and everything the United States stands for.

If you are an American, shame on you for not loving your country.

LOL the hysteria over the actions of a judge’s wife that even the Post saw as a non story three years ago.

And yet you GOPers have been hysterical over a judge's daughter who doesn't even live with him.

Explain yourselves.

DP. Who/what on earth are you still babbling about? You've already posted about this and it's entirely off-topic. And as usual, you're speaking to everyone as if they themselves are "guilty" of whatever it is you're obsessing over. Stick to the topic of this thread.

Actually, that was an astute point. Many MAGA types think Judge Merchan can’t be impartial because of his daughter’s political connections, but also think it’s ridiculous for anyone to suggest that Justice Alito should recuse himself from January 6th cases because his wife has a bad habit of flying flags that were co-opted by the insurrectionists.

New York law 100.3 e(1)d(iii) states “a judge shall disqualify himself or herself in a proceeding in which the judge’s impartiality might reasonably be questioned, including but not limited to instances where the judge knows that the judge or the judge’s spouse, or a person known by the judge to be within the sixth degree of relationship to either of them, or the spouse of such a person has an interest that could be substantially affected by the proceeding.”

New York State Bar Association Committee on Professional Ethics, Opinion 673 (1995)(“Whether a judge’s impartiality might reasonably be questioned is necessarily a question of fact in each case. Even if the judge believes that he or she can be impartial, the judge should recuse himself or herself if an objective, disinterested observer could reasonably question the judge’s impartiality.”).

There is a significant factual difference between Judge Merchan and Justice Alito. The fact that the Washington Post passed on the story 3+ years ago is indicative that an objective, disinterested observer would not question Justice Alito's impartiality. The "Appeal to Heaven" flag is a legal flag and until recently flew at the San Francisco Civic Center along with the Gasden Flag (Don't Tread on Me).

Ah the significant factual difference in Republicans' eyes is that Alito is a MAGA Republican and Merchan is liberal. Come on, confess - THAT is the difference in your eyes. You think when a Republican does it, there's no problem.

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Anonymous wrote:Here is the entire letter. Sorry, liberals. He is not recusing and cannot be forced to do so.

Why “sorry liberals”?

If you are an American and a patriot, you too should consider the damage that Alito is doing to SCOTUS. That damage is ultimately worse for the United States than for “liberals”. You too should desire a SCOTUS that is above reproach and the envy of the world. Our rule of law has made us a global force to be reckoned with.

Alito is mocking the country and everything the United States stands for.

If you are an American, shame on you for not loving your country.

LOL the hysteria over the actions of a judge’s wife that even the Post saw as a non story three years ago.

And yet you GOPers have been hysterical over a judge's daughter who doesn't even live with him.

Explain yourselves.

DP. Who/what on earth are you still babbling about? You've already posted about this and it's entirely off-topic. And as usual, you're speaking to everyone as if they themselves are "guilty" of whatever it is you're obsessing over. Stick to the topic of this thread.

Actually, that was an astute point. Many MAGA types think Judge Merchan can’t be impartial because of his daughter’s political connections, but also think it’s ridiculous for anyone to suggest that Justice Alito should recuse himself from January 6th cases because his wife has a bad habit of flying flags that were co-opted by the insurrectionists.

Flying the flag one time like that is a "bad habit"? Good grief.

Twice for days.

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Anonymous wrote:It is amusing to hear Democrats criticize Alito for his failure to control his wife and quash her constitutional freedom to fly a flag.

Who would have thought that the Democrats and the liberal press would be in favor of marital patriarchy? I guess the left pretends to be “champions” of women and their right to self-determination - but only if it benefits them.

Yep.
He is expected to "control" his wife as if she has no agency.
That is the mind of the modern liberal.

+100

You’re both so simple minded. It’s not about her being a woman. It’s about professionalism and optics, two things feds are well aware they need to take seriously. If she were the justice and he were a homemaker who put the flag up, the offense wood be the same. You keep trying to make this sexism is it’s 100% not.

Speaking of simpleminded... the point (which you clearly missed) was to mock liberals who will call out "misogyny, sexism, and patriarchy" whenever it suits their needs. If this was a liberal justice whose wife had done something similarly political and was being called out on it, you'd be invoking all of the above in outrage. In short, we are laughing at you and your constant double standards.

It's not liberals who have a history of defending the egregious errors of their own. It's the GOP who defends defends defends no matter the crime. Trump COULD shoot someone on 5th Avenue and you would defend him. We all know it.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here is the entire letter. Sorry, liberals. He is not recusing and cannot be forced to do so.

Why “sorry liberals”?

If you are an American and a patriot, you too should consider the damage that Alito is doing to SCOTUS. That damage is ultimately worse for the United States than for “liberals”. You too should desire a SCOTUS that is above reproach and the envy of the world. Our rule of law has made us a global force to be reckoned with.

Alito is mocking the country and everything the United States stands for.

If you are an American, shame on you for not loving your country.

LOL the hysteria over the actions of a judge’s wife that even the Post saw as a non story three years ago.

And yet you GOPers have been hysterical over a judge's daughter who doesn't even live with him.

Explain yourselves.

DP. Who/what on earth are you still babbling about? You've already posted about this and it's entirely off-topic. And as usual, you're speaking to everyone as if they themselves are "guilty" of whatever it is you're obsessing over. Stick to the topic of this thread.

Actually, that was an astute point. Many MAGA types think Judge Merchan can’t be impartial because of his daughter’s political connections, but also think it’s ridiculous for anyone to suggest that Justice Alito should recuse himself from January 6th cases because his wife has a bad habit of flying flags that were co-opted by the insurrectionists.

Flying the flag one time like that is a "bad habit"? Good grief.

They flew the American flag upside down (which really is verboten), then, after that, flew a flag associated with Christian Nationalist at their NJ beach dwelling over the course of two different summers. So yeah, a "bad habit."

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Today, I learned that right wing nationalists that usually freak out if a person kneels or doesn’t take their hat off during the National Anthem love to fly the flag upside down. Why not? Everything else about them is upside down

Apparently , this is showing the utmost respect to this great nation .

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Anonymous wrote:Alito can't control his own wife.
But he can control your wife.

LOL I don't think the republicans on this thread realize that.

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Anonymous wrote:Today, I learned that right wing nationalists that usually freak out if a person kneels or doesn’t take their hat off during the National Anthem love to fly the flag upside down. Why not? Everything else about them is upside down

Apparently , this is showing the utmost respect to this great nation .

They are total hypocrats with bad faith.

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Anonymous wrote:Alito can't control his own wife.
But he can control your wife.

You win the internet today.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Today, I learned that right wing nationalists that usually freak out if a person kneels or doesn’t take their hat off during the National Anthem love to fly the flag upside down. Why not? Everything else about them is upside down

Apparently , this is showing the utmost respect to this great nation .

This. I truly never understood why people were so hateful to Colin Kaepernick for kneeling during the National Anthem. But to the GOP, a Christian nationalist flag and an upside down American flag are totally fine and Yankee doodle dandy.

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Anonymous wrote:Alito can't control his own wife.
But he can control your wife.

You win the internet today.

+1 Pretty amazing that his argument is that he had nothing to do with a major political statement flying over his two houses.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/29/us/alito-supreme-court-recusal-flag.html

Alito Refuses Calls for Recusal Over Display of Provocative Flags
“My wife is fond of flying flags,” the justice wrote in a letter to members of Congress who had demanded he step down from two cases related to the Jan. 6 attack. “I am not.”

Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. declined on Wednesday to recuse himself from two cases arising from the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol after reports that flags displayed outside his houses appeared to support the “Stop the Steal” movement.

In letters to Democratic members of Congress who had demanded his recusal, Justice Alito said that the flags, at his home in Virginia and a beach house in New Jersey, were flown by his wife, Martha-Ann.

“My wife is fond of flying flags,” the justice wrote. “I am not. She was solely responsible for having flagpoles put up at our residence and our vacation home and has flown a wide variety of flags over the years.”

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I heard about the argument with the neighbors. Both the Alitos and the neighbors sound like horrible people. Who fights with their neighbors like that? Tacky people.

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Anonymous wrote:I heard about the argument with the neighbors. Both the Alitos and the neighbors sound like horrible people. Who fights with their neighbors like that? Tacky people.

Mrs. Alito is spitting on cars, I'd give her a piece of my mind too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here is the entire letter. Sorry, liberals. He is not recusing and cannot be forced to do so.

Why “sorry liberals”?

If you are an American and a patriot, you too should consider the damage that Alito is doing to SCOTUS. That damage is ultimately worse for the United States than for “liberals”. You too should desire a SCOTUS that is above reproach and the envy of the world. Our rule of law has made us a global force to be reckoned with.

Alito is mocking the country and everything the United States stands for.

If you are an American, shame on you for not loving your country.

LOL the hysteria over the actions of a judge’s wife that even the Post saw as a non story three years ago.

And yet you GOPers have been hysterical over a judge's daughter who doesn't even live with him.

Explain yourselves.

DP. Who/what on earth are you still babbling about? You've already posted about this and it's entirely off-topic. And as usual, you're speaking to everyone as if they themselves are "guilty" of whatever it is you're obsessing over. Stick to the topic of this thread.

Actually, that was an astute point. Many MAGA types think Judge Merchan can’t be impartial because of his daughter’s political connections, but also think it’s ridiculous for anyone to suggest that Justice Alito should recuse himself from January 6th cases because his wife has a bad habit of flying flags that were co-opted by the insurrectionists.

Flying the flag one time like that is a "bad habit"? Good grief.

Yes. One time is one time too many. Martha Alito has some major problems. I can put as my sign Zi like on my property but flying an upside down US flag is not ok. It

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Anonymous wrote:I heard about the argument with the neighbors. Both the Alitos and the neighbors sound like horrible people. Who fights with their neighbors like that? Tacky people.

Mrs. Alito is spitting on cars, I'd give her a piece of my mind too.

And the other neighbor called her a really vulgar name. Like who are these people?? Who acts like this??

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I heard about the argument with the neighbors. Both the Alitos and the neighbors sound like horrible people. Who fights with their neighbors like that? Tacky people.

Mrs. Alito is spitting on cars, I'd give her a piece of my mind too.

And the other neighbor called her a really vulgar name. Like who are these people?? Who acts like this??

It would appear that it was nevertheless true.