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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Was the Pine Tree flag bad when BLM displayed it, or nah?

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Ordinary private citizens aren’t held to judicial standards. There’s no requirement for construction workers or bus drivers or waitresses to be apolitical or to avoid the mere appearance of impropriety.[/quote]

Isn't Alito's wife one of those private citizens? [/quote]
Because she’s married to a Supreme Court justice, her house is also his house. Her income is also his income and must be reported. She’s not quite a private citizen, but not entirely bound by judicial standards. Fair or not, her activities can cast the appearance of impropriety on him.[/quote]

You're nutz. She can do as she damn well pleases.  She is a PRIVATE CITIZEN.

There is no nuance, regardless of how you would like to project your tyrannical wishes.

This is cut and dry.  Got it?  CUT AND DRY.[/quote]
When she made a political statement at her residence, she was also making a political statement at a SUPREME COURT JUSTICE’S RESIDENCE. She did this at Justice Alito’s house. She had HIM living under that flag. The flags flown at HIS home reflect on HIM. She’s free to do whatever she wants, and OTHER PEOPLE ARE FREE TO CRITICIZE THE APPEARANCE OF IMPROPRIETY ON JUSTICE ALITO’S PART.[/quote]

DP.  Just because you think it creates an appearance of impropriety on the part of Justice Alito, doesn't mean that he must recuse himself.  This is why there are objective rules in place to avoid subjective judgments.  First, you're assuming her actions can and should be imputed to him.  Strike one.  Second, you're assuming she made a political statement.  Strike two.  Three, you're assuming that her political statement was supporting an "insurrection" or other inappropriate activity.  You're out.

Also, let us know if you're willing to apply your "rules" to Democratic politicians, appointees, and judges.  Please tell us what those rules are and what the objective criteria are for following them.[/quote]
It’s laughable to claim Mrs. Alito wasn’t making a political statement. She didn’t fly the flag upside down by accident and she wasn’t signaling that she needed to be rescued. She was sending a message in response to a conflict over a political yard sign because she felt she’d been treated very badly. It was an odd, ham fisted gesture. I’m not one of the posters calling on Justice Alito to recuse himself over the flag multiple issues. I do, however, think that it’s appropriate to report on this kind of incident, and to ask Justice Alito about it. I don’t want his head on a pike, but he should be asked to explain public displays at his home. Someone on Justice Alito’s staff should refresh Mrs. Alito’s instruction on maintaining judicial propriety.[/quote]

I'm the DP you were responding to.  I think we're going to disagree as to whether or not she was making a "political" statement, which assumes she was trying to send a message to more than just her annoying neighbor.  Rather, it was as you point out a rather hamfisted way of responding to the neigbor (some would say petty, but perhaps there is more to this neighborhood spat than we all know).  I think it's good odds that Justice Alito had a conversation with his wife about the situation and that was the end of it.  This has nothing to do with judicial propriety, since she's not the sitting justice nor are her actions subject to the Court's ethical rules.  The press certainly has a right to ask Justice Alito about it (and he has the right to say that he had a conversation with his wife), but the WaPo though the entire story was a nothingburger.[/quote]

DP. You're talking about the upside-down US flag flown at his main residence. What about the Christian Nationalist flag flown at their vacation home. Who do you think was responsible for that? The wife again? [/quote]

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