House Democrat calls for censure of supreme court justice Alito over upside-down flag at his home
Democratic congressman Steve Cohen has introduced a resolution to 🔥censure the conservative supreme court justice Samuel Alito 🔥over the flag flown outside his house that was associated with Donald Trump’s baseless election fraud claims.
Alito has said the banner was raised after his wife got into a dispute with their neighbor. 💥Cohen’s resolution demands Alito recuse himself from considering cases dealing with the January 6 insurrection or 2020 election.💥
👉 It also #censures him “for knowingly violating the federal recusal statute and binding ethics standards and calling the impartiality of the Supreme Court of the United States into question 💥by continuing to participate in cases in which his prior public conduct could be reasonably interpreted to demonstrate bias”.💥
In a statement, Cohen, of Tennessee, accused Alito of showing support for those who attacked the Capitol:
"Beyond poor judgment, Justice Alito’s misuse of the American flag is a knowing and shameless demonstration of his political bias.
He literally flew a flag in front of his house showing the world he supported the January 6th insurrectionists.
What’s more, he continues to participate in litigation directly related to the 2020 election and the Insurrection, in direct violation of the federal recusal statute and the Supreme Court’s own ethics rules."
-- As Republicans control the House, and it is unlikely they will allow Cohen’s resolution to pass.
https://www.theguardian.com/law/live/2024/may/22/biden-trump-latest-alito-flag-supreme-court?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other