In a letter to #Democrat ldrs in the #House & #Senate, #Alito said that flag & a 2nd, #religious-themed flag were raised by his wife, w/o his knowledge, & the incidents do not meet the conditions for #recusal outlined in #SCOTUS’s code of conduct.

Alito disclosed for the 1st time that he was not aware of the #UpsideDownFlag until it was called to his attention & that his wife resisted taking it down.

#law #JudicialEthics #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt #ChristianNationalists #Jan6 #insurrection

“As soon as I saw it, I asked my wife to take it down, but for several days, she refused,” #Alito wrote in the letter to Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) & Dick Durbin (D-IL).

The #UpsideDownFlag … has become a symbol of the “Stop the Steal” movement that falsely claims the #2020election was stolen from #Trump.

#SCOTUS #law #JudicialEthics #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt #ChristianNationalists #Jan6 #insurrection

Another flag carried by #Jan6 rioters, …embraced by #ChristianNationalists …, was flown outside Alito’s vacation home in NJ last summer. #Alito said in the letter that the 2nd flag was also raised by his
wife, #MarthaAnnAlito.

“My wife is fond of flying flags. I am not,” he wrote.

#SCOTUS #law #JudicialEthics #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt #insurrection

It’s like having this guy (pic) referee a match between Liverpool & Manchester United; do you think he’d call a fair game?

#SCOTUS #Alito #law #JudicialEthics #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt #ChristianNationalists #Jan6 #insurrection

@Nonilex I thought Jamie Raskin’s oped in the NYT was interesting, suggesting a way to force Alito and Thomas to recuse: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/29/opinion/alito-thomas-recuse-trump-jan-6.html

He makes a similar point about umpires.

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“#DOJ — including US attorney for #DC, an appointed US special counsel and the solicitor general, all of whom were involved in different ways in the criminal prosecutions underlying these cases and are opposing #Trump’s claims — can petition the other 7 justices to require #Alito & #Thomas to #recuse themselves not as a matter of grace but as a matter of law.”

This can ONLY work if #Garland has a pulse and is not glacially slow to come to the calling of his nation.

⬆️ @alexlubertozzi @Nonilex

The majority of #US believe that the #SupremeCourt is corrupt & out of control.

TWO #SCOTUS justices have flagged and confirmed just that.

Yet, #Democrats and #DemocraticParty leadership can’t be bothered to take this issue up as one of the most consequential this year & rally around it.

Instead of pontificating about what “can” be done, why not marshall all their power to control this beast and make this gift from #Alito one of the centerpieces of #Election2024?