Justice Alito’s Upside-Down Flag Claim Dismantled by Police, Neighbors: Report
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/justice-alito-upside-down-flag-wife-neighbors-1235028846/
Justice Alito’s Upside-Down Flag Claim Dismantled by Police, Neighbors: Report
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/justice-alito-upside-down-flag-wife-neighbors-1235028846/
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and he will see zero deserved consequences because one of the political parties is three racist children in a trenchcoat.
Imagine being a Supreme Court justice and getting called out on a lie this big.
I mean, you’re suppose to be the smart one, right?
And still he doesn’t care and neither does Roberts.
Elito taint…we need Biden to start promoting a SCOTUS Justice Standards Act where mandatory recusals, job requirements, term limits and consequences for actions that undermine judicial objectivity (bribes, perjury, political activism…) are stated and reviews required for continued service (no political/congress vote required)…
Maybe it’s been said in an earlier article and I missed it – but why is this just now coming to light more than three years after the event?
I think it’s real. There are pics. Alito didn’t deny it, he just tried to give a lame excuse. So why wasn’t it in all the papers back in 2021?
Lying Supreme Court judge.
“What are you going to do, impeach me? You don’t have enough people to get the articles of impeachment going, or enough republicans to convict me.”
Alito’s wife does not seem like a pleasant person. Even Alito blames stuff on her.
From Article:
The justice’s wife allegedly spat at her neighbors’ car and traded insults, prompting the young couple to call the police
The lying makes it a lot worse. Now we’re supposed to trust Alito when he says he’ll be impartial on Trump cases?
He doesn’t care nor does he need to. That excuse he gave was just a knee jerk throw someone else(his wife) under the bus reaction which he probably does regularly.
Why am I not surprised that Alito would be married to someone who would spit on neighbors
It doesn’t make sense anyway. There is no self defense claim to political speech . . that is to say she if she was upset or disagreed with her neighbors that doesn’t minimize that the Alitos supported those flags. It is an act that stands alone.
The idea that it was his wife separate from him should also be dismissed on its face. For one, they already tried a ridiculous idea that it was a self-defense flag so anything they claim is suspect. Two, only one in the couple has devoted his life to U.S. government, which of them is more likely to be interested in political symbols.
Alito has used his wife as a (witting) pawn before. First to leak the Hobby Lobby decision and if I was a betting man, just based on track record I might put my money on her being involved in the Dobbs leak too.
Republicans lying and the media running with it as if it’s the Gospel truth, what’s new?
Non-paywall version here: https://archive.is/SfOdi
I hate these fuckers to the core but even I have to admit I’d hesitate to call the cops on one of them. I’m also not rich enough to live in their neighborhood.
But, I still I wanna say this neighbor is a fucking Gargantchad masterpiece for dialing 5-0.
I can see him just like: “No, fuck you. Fuck you, I’m calling the police. I don’t care if it doesn’t work!” Good for you, dude. Good for you.
>Then on Feb. 15, 2021, as the couple was pulling trash bins, the Alitos walked by; Martha-Ann used an expletive and called them “fascists,”
Fascism – A system of government marked by centralization of authority under a dictator, a capitalist economy subject to stringent governmental controls, violent suppression of the opposition, and typically a policy of belligerent nationalism and racism.
The wife of an ultra-religious, nationalist, and capitalist Supreme Court justice, who supports the untethered rule of a conman, called her neighbors fascists… Words have no meaning to these people.
Fuck Justice Scalito.
When a Supreme Court judge is caught in an outward lie, one where it shows his bias, we are all in trouble.
Just a general reminder that *none* of this stuff would have been permissible before 2010. It felt like then the government (broadly) cared about their rules (tangible or intangible), ethics, and perceptions. There was a weird shift during that time *cough* Citizens United *cough* that led to where we are today.
We cannot afford to normalize this behavior. Write to your elected officials (R or D) and have your voice be heard.
So, he lied and his wife sounds like insufferable trash. What a garbage family.
I’m shocked that he was lying. /s
A Republican judge with questionable ethics and morals, advocating for an evil turd, perpetuating lies about the election, and stripping Americans of rights.
I mean, he’s a conservative Christian… of course he’s a liar.
If ring footage of him actually bringing his flag down and sending it back up upside down comes to light that would be amazing
This man is one of the most powerful people in America. His freedom to interpret US law however he chooses with absolutely no consequences for unpopular rulings (or rulings that are straight-up inconsistent with the spirit, if not the letter, of the law) is checked only by the concurrence or dissent of the other SCOTUS justices. And he and his wife *still* see themselves as victims of persecution. How goddamn thin-skinned can you be?
From [Alito’s letter to Congress informing them of his refusal to recuse](https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24698836-letter-from-justice-alito-to-congressman-johnson-et-al):
>”As I said in reference to the other flag event, my wife is an independently minded private citizen. She makes her own decisions, and I honor her right to do so.”
I’m sure a 24-year old woman in Texas who’s looking at aborting a medically risky or personally devastating pregnancy – or hell, it ain’t any of my business why! – would appreciate the same decision-making agency as Alito’s wife.
Edit: I mean, the wife of one of the longest-serving Justices really ought to know better. There are exactly 9 people in our government who are practically beyond accountability, and 2 of them have wives who…let’s say lack good judgment.
The rest of a letter is a treat too.
The obvious lies and obfuscation should shock me (and everyone else), but they don’t.
From the Politico article on the same subject earlier today…
“Alito said his wife, Martha-Ann Alito, is a flag aficionado and that accounts for the “Appeal to Heaven” flag that flew at their Jersey shore home.
“My wife is fond of flying flags. I am not,” the justice wrote. “I was not aware of any connection between this flag and the ‘Stop the Steal Movement,’ and neither was my wife. She did not fly it to associate herself with that or any other group.””
So let me get this straight.
His wife is a flag aficionado. Someone who is into flags.
Yet, she knows nothing about the flag that she chose to fly.
She’s either into flags, and knows about them. Or she isn’t, and doesn’t.
Where’s the basic follow up question? (Rhetorical here on my part.)
“So Mrs. Alito. If you are not associated with the movement, WHY did you decide to fly that flag out of the thousands of other flags you could have flown?”