The Bias of Alito

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Does Alito need to recuse himself from Trump hearings in front the Supreme Court?

This chump is our last bastion of upholding the constitution? His demonstrated arrogance suggests the Chief Justice may need to get involved.

The revelation that an upside-down American flag, a symbol adopted to contest Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s electoral victory, flew outside Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr.’s house in the days after the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol raised questions about whether that had violated ethics rules.

The justice has said that his wife put up the flag in response to a neighbor’s anti-Trump yard sign. It remains unclear how long the inverted flag was on display outside his residence in Virginia.

It is the most recent disclosure about the Supreme Court to fuel concerns about impartiality and the appearance of bias.

Does the Supreme Court’s ethics code require Justice Alito to recuse himself from cases related to Jan. 6?
Ethics experts say there is not a clear-cut answer. That is in part because the justice said his wife had put up the flag, raising questions about whether the flag, and its symbolism, reflected his own views.

“It’s close,” said Amanda Frost, a law professor at the University of Virginia and ethics expert. “I certainly think it raises a question.”

Jeremy Fogel, a former federal judge and the director of the Berkeley Judicial Institute, contrasted the situation with Justice Clarence Thomas and his recusal this term from an appeal involving an architect of the plan to subvert the 2020 election. Justice Thomas did not cite a reason in declining to participate in the case.

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Does Alito need to recuse himself from Trump hearings in front the Supreme Court?

No. Is a Supreme Court Justice responsible for everything their spouse does?

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And we are sure that is the case? Remember that "appearance " is the threshold of conflict of interest.

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Does Alito need to recuse himself from Trump hearings in front the Supreme Court?

No. Is a Supreme Court Justice responsible for everything their spouse does?

Who’s name is the house in? If it’s in his name he’s responsible for whatever is displayed there and approves of such by default. When you get to the level he’s at appearances matter… there is zero chance his wife put the flag up that way without him knowing about it. The wife thing may even be an excuse that gives him a fig leaf .

Besides… he’s one that I have no doubt was cheering the rioters on…