After The New York Times reported thatthe American flag outside JusticeSamuel Alito‘s home was flown upside downin the aftermath of theJan. 6Capitol riot, Republican Senator Lindsey Graham criticized the conservative judge for failing to “think it through.” “Emotions are apparently high in that neighborhood but no, it’s not good judgment …
Read More »Dems Call for Alito to Recuse Himself From Jan. 6 Cases Over Upside-Down Flag
The backlash is mounting after The New York Times reported last week that an upside-down flag flew outside the house of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito ahead of President Biden’s inauguration in January 2021. On Tuesday, a coalition of over 40 House Democrats sent a letter to Alito calling for …
Read More »Upside-Down U.S. Flag Flew at Justice Alito's House After 2020 Election: Report
The crisis of confidence and partisan influence over the Supreme Court isn’t going away any time soon. According to a Thursday report from The New York Times, in the aftermath of the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, neighbors of the Supreme Court judge noticed that the American flag outside of his …
Read More »Supreme Court Conservatives Seem Pretty Intrigued by Law That Could Ban Abortion
Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas are just asking questions about the Comstock Act, a 150-year-old obscenity law that anti-abortion activists believe could be revived as a national abortion ban. The Supreme Court heard arguments on Tuesday in Food and Drug Administration v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, a case that …
Read More »Sam Alito Didn't Recuse Himself From Supreme Court Case Involving Billionaire Fishing Buddy
Add Samuel Alito to the list of conservative Supreme Court justices with questionable (at best) ethics, according to a new report from ProPublica. In 2008, two years after he joined the nation’s highest court, Alito went on a pricey Alaskan fishing trip with a Republican billionaire named Paul Singer. Singer …
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