Sen. Dick Durbin says Justice Alito should recuse in Trump cases because of upside-down flag

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1. Should. Won’t.

2. Thomas should too… because of Ginni.

   As should ACB, from being a stolen appointment… as should Boofer… for the corrupt background investigation, or lack thereof, done under the Trump admin.

3. Never forget how republicans have corrupted the judiciary. They must never be in a position to appoint federal judges again.

   Hold the senate, hold the presidency, retake the house. Vote blue

   https://democrats.org/

4. Dick Durbin has been the definition of feckless during his time as Senate Judiciary Chair. Look no further than Leonard Leo recently going “nah, dude” when he was subpoenaed to testify in front of the committee.

5. If Thomas can get by with all the shit he has? Nothing is going to happen to Alito. They are untouchable apparently.

6. Needs to be impeached

7. Spoiler alert:

   >!He won’t.!<

8. It should be grounds for impeachment.

9. Alito should recuse himself from all cases for perpetually being a piece of amphibian shit.

10. We don’t even need to debate what it meant or if it was improper. The conservatives on the court are doing lasting damage by failing to protect the *appearance* of impartiality. Even if some random person he paid to hang flag accidentally did it upside down (that’s not what happened), Alito should recuse himself. So that when somebody else does something that alludes to a bias, there’s no precedent of “oh but we don’t really mean it it’s fine.”

    I’m tired of these shitbags defending themselves against the wrong thing. If you let any doubt as to whether or not you have a conflict of interest, you step aside. That’s the level of scrutiny that comes with the job. Maybe that’s tough, but that’s why there’s only fucking nine of you.

11. Even that is unacceptable, we must demand that Justice Alito and Justice Thomas step down immediately! There is no place on the high court for these two corrupt and treasonous low life’s! We can’t be passive observers anymore, the future and fabric of our nation requires us to stand against such brazen corruption and treason. These two have betrayed their oath of office repeatedly, and betrayed the American people. Their time is fully up. We should be outside their offices, outside their homes, and in the streets until justice is served and they are no longer serving on the Supreme Court but serving time in the cells they belong in!

12. Blame it on the wife. What a leader. Couldn’t take a neighbor with a F&& Trump sign. Esteemed Supreme Court Justice showing his true fragile mind.

13. SCOTUS will go down in history with these justices responsible for the downfall of this great experiment.

14. Clarence Thomas and the three justices the former president nominated should be recused as well.
    the reason being the former president himself has made it seem like they would side with him no matter what.
    In the interest of complete fairness because the former president has more than once alluded to the fact that he believes judges take sides
    ( like using the term Democrat judge or Obama judge )
    therefore, those judges that
    show bias towards the former president because he nominated them or they have an opinion or someone in their family has an opinion Pro to Trump should recuse themselves you talk about causing an uproar

15. Spoiler: He will probably write the majority opinion.

16. Alito should be embarrassed- both for the flag and his excuse- How old is he? Is it time for a dementia check?

17. Why did it take three years for this story to come out?

18. Because of his open right-wing bias? His inability to rule impartially? 

19. Yeah that’s not happening. He’s involved in the coup that is literally unfolding this election.

20. The court is lost. We are being ruled by unelected fanatics. Democracy is dead.

    I believe that the 24 election will be a landslide for Biden, GQP state legislators will refuse to certify the results, congress will refuse to certify the results, there will be a massive trove of lawsuits filed, emergency appeal to these asshats and they will somehow hand the election to Trump. He will be a dictator. This will be a very dark time for America and the world if it happens.

21. Regardless of the intent of the flag, it’s anti-american. A scouts judge blatantly disrespected the flag. These people are trash.

22. Narrator: He won’t.

23. Seems pretty biased to me.

24. He definitely should, for that and many other reasons. His ego won’t let him change it or himself, though.

25. There’s no point in being corrupt if you’re just going to give in when someone calls you out on it.

26. Dont worry, he investigated his own ethics and found nothing wrong.

27. I think it would be more meaningful and effective if Sen. Dick Durbin skipped the part where we naively expect Supreme Court Justices with lifetime appointments to be swayed by conscience or standards of integrity and instead called for Supreme Court rulings on Trump-related cased where Justice Alito is involved to be voided.

28. And also maybe judges appointed by the defendant. And judges who’s spouse planned the very crime before them.

29. He should, but he won’t.

30. Senator Dick Durbin should resign his position for having a dumb name.

31. The Supreme Court is compromised.

    An overhaul of the Court is now required. Term limits and more seats.