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[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]

DP.  No you are out.  In left f-in field.  All of those judgments are correct.  Alito should know better.  Alito is not fit to serve on a single case that comes anywhere near Jan 6.  (Or anything else, if we are being real.)

And BTW, most of us don't have different rules based on political party.  The two sets of rules, one for you and one for everyone else, that's a GOP thing.  Different rules and accuse the other side of what you yourself are doing.  Typical GOP projection.  You RWNJs and the GOP like to trot out your "let us know if this applies to Dems" BS when we catch your politicians or judges in their lies, their deceit, their rule-breaking.  But we already do expect the rules to apply to everyone.  You don't like that we are looking at YOU.[/quote]

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