Nonilex<p>It would require the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/IRS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IRS</span></a> to initiate an <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/audit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>audit</span></a> of the justices’ tax returns each year, release the results & make the tax filings public. Nominees to the court would have to disclose 3 yrs of tax returns.</p><p>Another measure would allow a two-thirds vote of the court to force a fellow justice to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/recuse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>recuse</span></a> from a case.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ethics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JudicialEthics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JudicialEthics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Judiciary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Judiciary</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JudicialReform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JudicialReform</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CourtReform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CourtReform</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUSreform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUSreform</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PartisanCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PartisanCourt</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ActivistCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ActivistCourt</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a></p>
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Nonilex<p>Justice <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Alito" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alito</span></a> must <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/resign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>resign</span></a></p><p>In the wake of the sustained crisis of institutional legitimacy facing <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SamuelAlito" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SamuelAlito</span></a> must resign, acc/to a letter sent today by <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@CREW" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>CREW</span></a></span> to Alito. The letter outlines Alito’s failures to avoid the appearance of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/bias" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bias</span></a>, & his failure to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/recuse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>recuse</span></a> from cases where his impartiality would reasonably be questioned, in violation of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> & the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SupremeCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SupremeCourt</span></a> Code of Conduct.</p><p><a href="https://www.citizensforethics.org/legal-action/letters/justice-alito-must-resign/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">citizensforethics.org/legal-ac</span><span class="invisible">tion/letters/justice-alito-must-resign/</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>[Video in 2 parts]</p><p>Ryan Goodman:</p><p>Justice <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Alito" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alito</span></a>’s letter explaining his refusal to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/recuse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>recuse</span></a> in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Jan6th" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Jan6th</span></a> cases may include false statements to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a> (18 USC §1001)</p><p>Watch how credible Alito’s neighbor is in her first TV interview on CNN</p><p>She contradicts his account & cites a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/police" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>police</span></a> report & witness.</p><p>1/<br><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/impartial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>impartial</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/bias" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bias</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ethics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JudicialEthics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JudicialEthics</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>…The letters include a much more specific explanation of why <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MarthaAnnAlito" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarthaAnnAlito</span></a> flew the “<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AppealToHeaven" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AppealToHeaven</span></a>” flag at the couple’s vacation home….</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Alito" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alito</span></a> said he “assumed” his wife was flying it for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/religious" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>religious</span></a> & patriotic reasons. He definitively said neither he or his wife knew the flag was associated w/the “Stop the Steal” & it was not flown in solidarity w/that movement.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ChristianNationalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChristianNationalism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ethics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/judiciary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>judiciary</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/recuse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>recuse</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/QuestionableJudgment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>QuestionableJudgment</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The most pivotal question about the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UpsideDown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UpsideDown</span></a> American <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/flag" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>flag</span></a> has yet to be fully answered: <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MarthaAnnAlito" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarthaAnnAlito</span></a>’s motivation for flying it.</p><p>…The Alitos have not explicitly addressed whether the upside-down flag had a connection to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Jan6" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Jan6</span></a> or “Stop the Steal,” & Justice <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Alito" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alito</span></a>’s comments about his wife’s motivation for flying it have shifted.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ethics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/judiciary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>judiciary</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/recuse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>recuse</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/QuestionableJudgment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>QuestionableJudgment</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>…<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Alito" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alito</span></a> told Fox News …the neighborhood dispute began when his wife went to speak w/their neighbor Emily Baden in Jan 2021. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MarthaAnnAlito" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarthaAnnAlito</span></a> was upset the woman was displaying an anti <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> sign, w/an expletive, “within 50 feet of where children await the school bus,” as Bream put it on…[social media].<br>
But Fairfax County schools were shuttered at the time because of the coronavirus pandemic & had been since March 2020.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ethics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/judiciary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>judiciary</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/recuse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>recuse</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/QuestionableJudgment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>QuestionableJudgment</span></a></p>
Ramesh #NotGoingBack<p>⬆️ <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@alexlubertozzi" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>alexlubertozzi</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://masto.ai/@Nonilex" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Nonilex</span></a></span></p><p>“<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> — including US attorney for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DC</span></a>, 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 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s claims — can petition the other 7 justices to require <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Alito" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alito</span></a> & <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Thomas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Thomas</span></a> to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/recuse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>recuse</span></a> themselves not as a matter of grace but as a matter of law.”</p><p>This can ONLY work if <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Garland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Garland</span></a> has a pulse and is not glacially slow to come to the calling of his nation.</p>
Nonilex<p>Some great <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> editorial cartoons by Mike Luckovich </p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Alito" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alito</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUSstench" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUSstench</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ActivistCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ActivistCourt</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PartisanCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PartisanCourt</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JudicialEthics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JudicialEthics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Recuse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Recuse</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TermLimits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TermLimits</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ChristianNationalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChristianNationalism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Jan6" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Jan6</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/insurrection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>insurrection</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Justice <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Alito" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alito</span></a> tells <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a> he will NOT <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/recuse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>recuse</span></a> from <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Jan6" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Jan6</span></a> related cases</p><p>Justice Samuel A. Alito, Jr. announced Wed that he will not recuse himself from Jan. 6-related cases at <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> after Democratic lawmakers questioned whether he could be impartial following reports that an upside-down <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/flag" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>flag</span></a> flew at his home in the weeks after the… [ <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/insurrection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>insurrection</span></a>].</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PartisanCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PartisanCourt</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JudicialEthics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JudicialEthics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AppealToHeaven" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AppealToHeaven</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ChristianNationalists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChristianNationalists</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/05/29/supreme-court-alito-recuse-flag-jan-6/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">washingtonpost.com/politics/20</span><span class="invisible">24/05/29/supreme-court-alito-recuse-flag-jan-6/</span></a></p>
Spocko<p>From Scott MacFarlane<br>@MacFarlaneNews<br> Alert: Justice Sam Alito will not recuse himself from cases involving Jan 6 and Trump. </p><p>He responds by letter to inquiry from Senate Democrats saying (in part): “I had nothing whatsoever to do with the flying of that flag. I was not even aware of the upside-<br>down flag until it was called to my attention. As soon as I saw it, I asked my wife to take it down, but for several days, she refused.” <br><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Alito" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alito</span></a> will not <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Recuse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Recuse</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>“The same goes for the flying of an <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AppealToHeaven" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AppealToHeaven</span></a> flag at Justice <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Alito" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alito</span></a>’s vacation house along the NJ shore. Like the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UpsideDown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UpsideDown</span></a> flag, this <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/flag" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>flag</span></a> is viewed by a great many people as a banner of allegiance on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/partisan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>partisan</span></a> issues that are or could be before <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a>.</p><p> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PartisanCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PartisanCourt</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JudicialEthics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JudicialEthics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Judiciary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Judiciary</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TermLimits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TermLimits</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Recuse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Recuse</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ChristianNationalists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChristianNationalists</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Jan6" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Jan6</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/insurrection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>insurrection</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The upside-down flag was aloft on Jan 17, 2021, images showed. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s supporters, incl’g some brandishing the same symbol, had *rioted* at the Capitol a little over a week before. President <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biden</span></a>’s inauguration was 3 days away. Alarmed neighbors snapped photographs, some…were recently obtained by The NYT. Word of the flag filtered back to the court, people who worked there said in interviews.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PartisanCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PartisanCourt</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ActivistCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ActivistCourt</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LifetimeAppointments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LifetimeAppointments</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TermLimits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TermLimits</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Recuse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Recuse</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JudicialEthics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JudicialEthics</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>ICYMI <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GiftArticle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GiftArticle</span></a></p><p>At Justice <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Alito" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alito</span></a>’s House, a ‘Stop the Steal’ Symbol on Display</p><p>An <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UpsideDownFlag" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UpsideDownFlag</span></a>, adopted by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> supporters contesting the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biden</span></a> victory, flew over the justice’s front lawn as <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> was considering a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/2020election" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>2020election</span></a> case.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SupremeCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SupremeCourt</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PartisanCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PartisanCourt</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ActivistCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ActivistCourt</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LifetimeAppointments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LifetimeAppointments</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TermLimits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TermLimits</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Recuse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Recuse</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JudicialEthics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JudicialEthics</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/16/us/justice-alito-upside-down-flag.html?unlocked_article_code=1.sk0.NM3b.9Gc8HUUYCZRs&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2024/05/16/us/just</span><span class="invisible">ice-alito-upside-down-flag.html?unlocked_article_code=1.sk0.NM3b.9Gc8HUUYCZRs&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>But some <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JudicialEthics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JudicialEthics</span></a> experts criticized Justice <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RuthBaderGinsburg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RuthBaderGinsburg</span></a> for affiliating herself w/an advocacy group.</p><p>13 <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republican</span></a> lawmakers, including <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MikePence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MikePence</span></a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MarshaBlackburn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarshaBlackburn</span></a>, who now sits on the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Senate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Senate</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Judiciary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Judiciary</span></a> Cmte, went further, calling on Ginsburg to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/recuse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>recuse</span></a> herself from any future cases related to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/abortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>abortion</span></a>. The justice brushed off the criticism: “I think & thought & still think it’s a lovely thing,” she said of the lecture series. (<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RBG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RBG</span></a> died in 2020.)</p>
Nonilex<p>ProPublica had sought comment from Justice <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Alito" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alito</span></a>, who instead turned to The Journal to make two main points: that he was not required to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/recuse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>recuse</span></a> himself from cases in which Mr. Singer had an interest or to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/disclose" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disclose</span></a> the travel on his private jet.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DarkMoney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DarkMoney</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Influence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Influence</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Bribery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bribery</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Legal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Legal</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Justice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Justice</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Conflict" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Conflict</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JudicialEthics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JudicialEthics</span></a><br><a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/propublica-misleads-its-readers-alito-gifts-disclosure-alaska-singer-23b51eda" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wsj.com/articles/propublica-mi</span><span class="invisible">sleads-its-readers-alito-gifts-disclosure-alaska-singer-23b51eda</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>In an opinion essay in The WSJ, Justice <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Alito" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alito</span></a> responded to questions about his <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PrivateJet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PrivateJet</span></a> travel to a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/luxury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>luxury</span></a> fishing trip w/a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MegaDonor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MegaDonor</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/billionaire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>billionaire</span></a> who frequently has cases before the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SupremeCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SupremeCourt</span></a> hours before the ProPublica article was published.</p><p>The justice wrote he was not required to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/disclose" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disclose</span></a> the trip or <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/recuse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>recuse</span></a> himself from his benefactor’s cases.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DarkMoney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DarkMoney</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Influence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Influence</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JudicialEthics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JudicialEthics</span></a><br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/21/us/politics/justice-alito-luxury-travel-fishing-trip.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2023/06/21/us/poli</span><span class="invisible">tics/justice-alito-luxury-travel-fishing-trip.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare</span></a></p>
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