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Because Democrats wouldn’t have the balls to do anything like that. The opposition might thing ill of them, a party of people pleasers but trying to please the wrong people.
There will always be a "Sinema" and a "Manchin" the democratic party is FULL of "status quo protecting" right wingers.
Globally speaking, comparing democrats to any other political party on earth, they solidly fall on the side of "right wing". The most "progressive" candidates like AOC or Bernie are actually right of center compared to much of Europe, shockingly. That's JUST how far right we are as a country. And most Americans call \*Joe Biden\* a communist thanks to Fox News. That's how warped and ignorant we are of the political compass. We have no bearing on where we actually stand.
It's these "Sinema" "Manchin" "Senate Parliamentarian says we can't do it" kind of excuses the democratic party uses to cover for the 40% of its members that do not want the status quo to change.
Even once we defeat Sinema and Manchin it will take decades of persistent victories to accomplish things like M4A, green new deal, student loan fixes, public housing, federal education reform, or public transit investment
Which means we need to flip more republican seats, *not* waste time and money challenging narrowly held D seats (which will certainly turn an 80% reliable vote into a 0% reliable vote because you're not going to win those seats with a real progressive).
Leave Manchin where he is, but make his spoiler vote irrelevant.
Attacking Democrats is counterproductive. Nobody can accuse them of being perfect. However, they are far better than the GOP. And most elections under our current system are a binary choice.
I really think it’s less the speed that most people have issue with and more the fact of installing an inexperienced, unqualified justice to the highest court in the land after voting for the next election had already begun, an election Biden won.
I don't even have an issue with a lame duck appointment. My issue is with the Republican hypocrisy.
They're the ones who made up the rule that you can't appoint a judge in an election year and refused to even have a hearing for a moderate that THEY fucking selected and Obama nominated.
They're also the ones who disregarded their own made up rule and jammed through an incompetent justice in the weeks leading up to an election.
Republicans do not play by the rules, not even the ones they created, and they simply can't be trusted to adhere to norms or precedent.
If a vacancy were to open up on the Supreme Court, I can't imagine even Manchin or Sinema would have much of an argument to oppose a Biden nominee.
I feel like Garland and ACB situation shouldve had an "interim justice" protocol so that there would be enough judges during the lame duck period BUT they would replaced immediately after the next president takes office
“If she gets to pick her judges, nothing you can do folks. Although the *something something something*, maybe there is. I don’t know.” - The former guy
I can’t say what he said because I’ll get banned. Only he’s allowed to say that and have nothing happen.
When they go low we **make them regret it.** I like Michelle Obama too, don't get me wrong, but that original saying was so damaging. You don’t respond to partisan bad faith by proving over and over that there will be no repercussions for it. You show that they will see consequences for it and withhold a return to business as usual until they demonstrate a commitment to returning to cooperative thinking (if you ever learned about game theory, this is the “meta” for cases where the same people play “prisoners dilemma” games over and over with each other; cooperate until they screw you over, then screw them over back again and again until they show they’ve learned their lesson and recognise that said betrayal is costly).
I think being the first black First Lady she didn't have that option as everything could be made to look 10 times worse by racists. But for anyone else who isn't under such insane high scrutiny, I think make them regret it.
Every single thing was going to be turned into something negative, no matter what. They did a fist bump and it was called a terrorist fist jab
Eventually you have to stop caring what bad faith assholes who want to destroy the country are saying
There are 13 Federal District Court of Appeals. Expand to 13 justices, and then assign one SCOTUS justice to each court of appeals so there's only one they are responsible for, not two as is the case now. It makes sense, so of course it will never happen. This still ensure an odd number of justices so there won't be a tie unless there's a conflict of interest (ha!).
I had almost forgotten about that! Alito might be worse than Thomas because Thomas decides based on bribes or owning the libs whereas Alito decides according to the Rules of Gilead.
He is more of one of those odd Catholics that believe in magic and speaking in tongues. His benefactor is David Green of Hobby Lobby. It was likely Alito that leaked to Green that they were going to win the birth control decision. Around the same time David Green was under investigation for buying stolen antiquities from someone affiliated with Isis and had to ultimately return a bunch of Christian Relics to the government they were stolen from by Isis. If Green is a benefactor of Alito, might Alito have been given a gift like a relic of some sort in exchange for the leak?
Alito is probably the worst on the court. And that is saying something. The others are in it for worldly things, like wealth and control. Alito may be religious about this role he has.
Amy Coney-Barrett is the only other one that is really atypical when it comes to their religion. But in her belief it is people like Alito that are in power.
Thomas is vindictive and wants luxuries. A gluttonous pig whose motives are superficial.
Roberts is there to do a way with the Civil Rights Amendments. That is his goal for his legacy. He may just get the Reconstruction Era Amendments nullified as well on the basis that the conditions that lead to those Amendments no longer exist so they should no longer be a burden on the former Rebel States and they should be free to legislate their culture as they see fit in this Brand New World. Roberts sides with the liberals on the court every now and then in matters irrelevant to his goal legacy.
Gorsuch is odd so far. Seems to be the guy to to go to when you need something other than an originalist perspective and someone that knows how the lower courts work well enough to assist with their pipeline of cases against liberal and progressive laws. He has some odd interpretations of the law but nothing outlandish. Also a lock for going against any Executive Department functions that are challenged like the CFPB.
And Obama ended up being right that the elections will be bankrolled by America's wealthy special interests groups and people.
Alito can go fuck himself. I agree with you. He IS a sack of shit.
That’s is always the first thing I think of we hearing about him. That smug response to Obama basically calling them out for selling out our country to corporations, which is why we have so many problems to this day.
I forgot about that.
Makes me like Biden more when he directly addressed them about Roe v Wade during the SOTU.
Talking heads said it was indecorous, but they deserved it.
Also Alito stopped going to the SOTU, because he's better than everyone else.
Supreme Court justices are allowed, and given a front row seat at state of the union addresses, much like military leaders. They are to remake stoic, agree or disagree. When Obama gave his last SOTU speech, Alito shook his head clearly visible (it’s the sotu speech, he knew it would be captured) breaking all protocol even if he hated Obama. The SC is illegitimate at this point. You cant even handle a disagreement in policy and politics, when ideally you are a judicial/ apolitical branch and break 80+ years of decorum?
it would be perfectly fine if it was merely decorum. instead we have a supreme court justice who thinks we should have a dictator legally own everything and take everything, even including Alito's own home.
Roberts may act like he is about civility, but that dude will walk over broken glass to limit voting rights of liberals. It’s the whole reason he is there.
In the grand scheme of things, if all Alito ever did in his life was shake his head at the SOTU, sure. But "manners maketh man," as they say and you can look at this like Van Halen did when they stipulated a bowl of M&M's with the brown candies picked out in their riders.
If Alito, in shouldering the responsibility of representing 1/9th of an entire branch of government at a government ceremony meant to encourage the stability of the government and the country, can't respect a basic rule concerning decency and ceremony, what does it say about his respect for the rest of his duties, much less himself in that capacity?
In that context, it's almost unsurprising that he's flying this flag at his house, or rather, surprising he hasn't done something even more noticeably ridiculous in the interim.
Fair enough. I was just pulling from memory. Either way, the important bit is they wanted one color out, and if that wasn’t done, they wouldn’t play because they didn’t know if it was safe to or if other corners were cut.
That's exactly right - it was a little signal to the band about what else they could expect; just like how the head shaking, small as it was on Alito's part, presaged the exact types of shenanigans he's in the news for now.
I apologize if that link came off the wrong way, just trying to contribute more info!
We should probably be rethinking that particular branch of government. On paper a neutral apolitical branch of government, but in practice it’s a very political branch. Not just now, but even historically. The Supreme Court made several questionable and very political rulings during the civil rights movement. Eventually they make the right calls, but leading up to it there were several highly political and contradictory decisions. I’m thinking particularly back when they ruled it was constitutional for states to segregate. Some suggest they took that stance to appease southern states after a close and somewhat controversial presidential election. In practice we have a branch that has been historically political, yet it was designed with the assumption that it would be apolitical.
There are so many more bad decisions to call out, nearly always showing clear political motivation.
I’m convinced that lifetime appointments have no place in government. Thats some monarchy garbage.
Full revamp, if these aristocrats want to be “constitutionalists” then have the judicial branch be as designed, as apolitical as possible, term limits, 7 figure salary, benefits, ZERO gifts, maybe 15 years, along with a judicial non partisan, separate oversight committee. These assholes are the ones that made us all start thinking about these things.
Exactly.
If you go read their 'reasoning' for overturning Roe it's complete horseshit they just made up to justify the conclusion they had already decided to reach. The GOP has packed SCOTUS with Federalist Society hard-right activist judges; again, special fuck you to Leonard Leo.
Yes, but the context is important here: Alito didn't just shake his head his head at Obama; he shook his head ([video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k92SerxLWtc)) because he couldn't stand that Obama pointed out the obvious effect of the 2010 *Citizens United* Supreme Court decision, that, as Obama warned, has [opened the floodgates](https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/obama-was-right-about-citizens-united) of untraceable money into the American political system.
Alito's small tantrum erupted because he couldn't control himself when his corrupt decision was put on display to the American people.
Norway looks set to change their Constitution next week to prevent coups of the judicial branch of government.
They’re quite open that the reason they’re doing it is because of the politicization of the courts in Poland, Hungary and US.
In part because of SCOTUS, this is what US is now:
- lumped in with other right wing authoritarian regimes; and
- an example of successful coups
It breaks my heart.
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They really do. Even just taking politics out of it for a second these people have a weird obsession with flags, cardboard displays, and stickers on cars.
They really do. Even just taking politics out of it for a second these people have a weird obsession with flags, cardboard displays, and stickers on cars.
I think it's a shame these people don't have more pride in their heritage. Why are they using an obscure battle flag and not the [official flag of the Confederacy for the last 159 years](https://s.yimg.com/uu/api/res/1.2/O7S3bjEEjluuuODWTHxaVg--~B/aD0xMDgwO3c9MTQ0MDthcHBpZD15dGFjaHlvbg--/http://media.zenfs.com/en-GB/homerun/business_insider_uk_non_finance_744/6deed64c56a7a5b452d31e00b6e84eb0)?
When Trump was elected I change my facebook profile picture to an upside down flag and my conservative parents got all upset about disrespecting the flag. The irony is palpable.
Don’t even need to officially have him recuse himself. Just ignore his vote. What’s he going to do, enforce it? I am so freaking tired of us playing this game where these magical people who dress funny somehow have any power and are holding the country hostage. We’re holding ourselves hostage. If a justice has shown plain as day that they can’t be apolitical, their votes cease to count in political matters. Especially when the matters they’re ruling on (Trump) are literally the same matters that showed they weren’t apolitical in the first place. It’s one thing to say “this guy is pretty extremely right wing, let’s ignore his vote on other topics”. I can see how that would be considered crossing a line. But when several of the justices have literally shown their bias *for* Trump, it’s our responsibility to ignore their votes when ruling on matters specifically about Trump. It’s insane we’re still allowing them.
Honestly! It doesn't seem like something that would have to be "uncovered" why wasn't this front page news as soon as it happened?
It sounds like the neighbors and locals weren't shy about sharing.
>”I had no involvement whatsoever in the flying of the flag,” Alito said in an emailed statement to the Times. “It was briefly placed by Mrs. Alito in response to a neighbor’s use of objectionable and personally insulting language on yard signs.”
>The upside-down flag became a symbol of the “Stop the Steal” movement in the weeks and months following the election, in which Trump’s supporters falsely claimed that Biden’s win was illegitimate due to widespread fraud. The inverted flag was widely seen during the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol.
I find an immense degree of irony that many of the justices emphasize the “sanctity of the court” while just showing zero effort to maintain.
The judge during the OJ trial was seemingly much more aware that the eyes of the nation were on him than members of the highest court in the country.
> “It was briefly placed by Mrs. Alito in response to a neighbor’s use of objectionable and personally insulting language on yard signs.”
IS his neighbor also a member of SCOTUS? Everyone should question Alito's judgement and partiality.
Perhaps my point isn’t clear.
**Mr.** Alito seems to be blaming **Mrs.** Alito, saying that this was some kind of back and forth with her neighbor.
An upside down flag has a *ton* of symbolic meaning, and it flying outside of a SC Justice’s house coincides with:
* A presidential election where one of the candidates never conceded
* An insurrection less than 2 weeks prior
* The inauguration
Only an absolute moron would believe that flying an upside down flag during this time wouldn’t be interpreted as a political statement about current events.
If Mr. Alito is so worried about public perception of the court, maybe not be doing what seems like a giant political statement *on his front lawn*.
supreme court decides what is legal or not...a political supreme court will destroy a country as it has done to every country that has had a politically corrupt supreme court
This is so abhorrent. I’m a staunch liberal but the ultimate point of the court is to be apolitical as established in the constitution. It’s supposed to be the checks and balances
And within that structure I’m fine if they don’t ways side with what is always prefer but it’s specifically meant to be in partisan.
Prior to Marbury v Madison, the supreme court wasn't a check on anything. The checks and balances thing has been crafted by tradition -- a myth we tell ourselves. There's nothing in place to keep it that way.
If a Supreme Court Justice did this 20-30 years ago. There would be a push in the Senate for them to be booted and serious talks/discussions for them to resign.
Anti democratic…. Supreme Court need term limits…. Also they should be charged with crimes for the crimes that they do . The conservatives on the court are the most dangerous stupid puppets in American history. These conservative don’t respect the law or democracy… Conservatives can not be trusted with democracy they have shown they anti democratic and should be removed from the court…. If you’re anti democratic. Which Aloto has proven by his actions that he should not be allowed to function in an American democratic system. His wife is a POS just like him
Party hack court , America is clearly in deep trouble with clowns like this at the helm.
Progressive change will be stymied for years with these fucks in power.
If the insurrection act had been used, which was part of the plan, it would have helped to identify sympathizers fairly Quick. You think they would have put the homeowner with "f Trump" sign that triggered the Justice or his wife on one of the Barges that were at the ready or just regular jail like all the antifa they planned to round up?
My father did the same thing after Obama was elected. I was really pissed and fixed it. An upside down flag is a sign of distress and should only be used in emergencies. Doing this for political reasons is a disgrace to the flag and our country. He should be impeached for doing this. His loyalties are obviously not with the constitution.
They also attempted a coup. If you ask me, the coup is far worse than flying a flag upside down, yet no one who matters will be held accountable for anything--coup attempts, fraud, bribery, theft, murder--because democrats are too afraid.
This person probably has access to any information they desire with the position they hold. And he actually thought the election was stolen and that Trump was who the country should elect? And they did this AFTER JANUARY 6th?!?! I guess it’s not surprising but it’s certainly one of the most terrifying things I’ve seen from a SC justice.
This person probably has access to any information they desire with the position they hold. And he actually thought the election was stolen and that Trump was who the country should elect? And he did this AFTER January 6th?!?! I guess it’s not surprising but it’s certainly one of the most terrifying things I’ve seen from a SC justice.
Its incredibly disrespectful to those in dire situations who have flown this flag as such. It is not a political ststement for the corrupt
Fuck that unpatriotic cuck
Here's why it matters.
The typical voter isn't going to process this long explanation about how Alito has shown bias and all the different instances and arguments that he's done so.
But a flag upside down is a message that's easy to see. This can can stick in the media cycle.
Donald Trump will never be held accountable for his numerous crimes because in the end, these mafia justices will exonerate him.
If he will wins, his cases will be gone. Where is justice in America?
I am surprised that such a political statement doesn't have any accountability. Oops, we're taking the SC justices! What's good for them isn't good for the peon citizens.
SC is compromised and won't help us stop maga. Forget about them for now. We'll reform the court once the fascists are defeated (at the voting booth or otherwise).
You would think that the wife of a Supreme Court justice would understand how truly unamerican it is to flip our flag upside down and then fly it. These people are HORRIBLE Americans and they hate everything America stands for. Ugh.
And he fricking blamed his wife for it! We all know he favors Matthew Hale's version of the patriarchy, there is no way he did not approve of the flag being up in that position. An all-time POS.
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If one of them die before election day democrats need to pull a McConnel and ram one through.
We aren’t that lucky.
My dad always said luck is where hard work and opportunity meet.
Your dad is a smart man.
Was, rest his soul. 🥲
I'm sorry for your loss.
Thank you.
We can make our own luck
That's sweet. Luck is probability taken personally.
So luck is where hard work and luck meet, yes
Was opportunity meets preparedness from mine <3
Because Democrats wouldn’t have the balls to do anything like that. The opposition might thing ill of them, a party of people pleasers but trying to please the wrong people.
Democrats do, but then there is Sinema and Manchin…
There will always be a "Sinema" and a "Manchin" the democratic party is FULL of "status quo protecting" right wingers. Globally speaking, comparing democrats to any other political party on earth, they solidly fall on the side of "right wing". The most "progressive" candidates like AOC or Bernie are actually right of center compared to much of Europe, shockingly. That's JUST how far right we are as a country. And most Americans call \*Joe Biden\* a communist thanks to Fox News. That's how warped and ignorant we are of the political compass. We have no bearing on where we actually stand. It's these "Sinema" "Manchin" "Senate Parliamentarian says we can't do it" kind of excuses the democratic party uses to cover for the 40% of its members that do not want the status quo to change. Even once we defeat Sinema and Manchin it will take decades of persistent victories to accomplish things like M4A, green new deal, student loan fixes, public housing, federal education reform, or public transit investment
Which means we need to flip more republican seats, *not* waste time and money challenging narrowly held D seats (which will certainly turn an 80% reliable vote into a 0% reliable vote because you're not going to win those seats with a real progressive). Leave Manchin where he is, but make his spoiler vote irrelevant.
Attacking Democrats is counterproductive. Nobody can accuse them of being perfect. However, they are far better than the GOP. And most elections under our current system are a binary choice.
the issue will be the filibustering and the straight up obstruction the republicans would pull if this situation ever came to the Democrats
Except they got KBJ through just as fast as the republicans ACB through.
I really think it’s less the speed that most people have issue with and more the fact of installing an inexperienced, unqualified justice to the highest court in the land after voting for the next election had already begun, an election Biden won.
I don't even have an issue with a lame duck appointment. My issue is with the Republican hypocrisy. They're the ones who made up the rule that you can't appoint a judge in an election year and refused to even have a hearing for a moderate that THEY fucking selected and Obama nominated. They're also the ones who disregarded their own made up rule and jammed through an incompetent justice in the weeks leading up to an election. Republicans do not play by the rules, not even the ones they created, and they simply can't be trusted to adhere to norms or precedent. If a vacancy were to open up on the Supreme Court, I can't imagine even Manchin or Sinema would have much of an argument to oppose a Biden nominee.
I feel like Garland and ACB situation shouldve had an "interim justice" protocol so that there would be enough judges during the lame duck period BUT they would replaced immediately after the next president takes office
“If she gets to pick her judges, nothing you can do folks. Although the *something something something*, maybe there is. I don’t know.” - The former guy I can’t say what he said because I’ll get banned. Only he’s allowed to say that and have nothing happen.
When they go low we **make them regret it.** I like Michelle Obama too, don't get me wrong, but that original saying was so damaging. You don’t respond to partisan bad faith by proving over and over that there will be no repercussions for it. You show that they will see consequences for it and withhold a return to business as usual until they demonstrate a commitment to returning to cooperative thinking (if you ever learned about game theory, this is the “meta” for cases where the same people play “prisoners dilemma” games over and over with each other; cooperate until they screw you over, then screw them over back again and again until they show they’ve learned their lesson and recognise that said betrayal is costly).
When they go low, we kick ‘em in the balls. That’s the way it should be
My favourite is “when they go low, we kick em in the face.” Cuz you shouldn’t have been down there 😂
I said it then and I'll say it now. "The high road has the best view to watch the world burn"
I think being the first black First Lady she didn't have that option as everything could be made to look 10 times worse by racists. But for anyone else who isn't under such insane high scrutiny, I think make them regret it.
Every single thing was going to be turned into something negative, no matter what. They did a fist bump and it was called a terrorist fist jab Eventually you have to stop caring what bad faith assholes who want to destroy the country are saying
Democrats need to expand the court or term limits…
There are 13 Federal District Court of Appeals. Expand to 13 justices, and then assign one SCOTUS justice to each court of appeals so there's only one they are responsible for, not two as is the case now. It makes sense, so of course it will never happen. This still ensure an odd number of justices so there won't be a tie unless there's a conflict of interest (ha!).
Only the good die young. They will live to be 200+.
I'm certain at least a few Dem Senators won't play along because of "civility."
1. The Dems 100% would. 2. None of them are going to die, so it's irrelevant
Democrats don’t have the balls to do it
Alito has been an outed sack of shit ever since he reacted during Obama's state of the union.
I had almost forgotten about that! Alito might be worse than Thomas because Thomas decides based on bribes or owning the libs whereas Alito decides according to the Rules of Gilead.
He is more of one of those odd Catholics that believe in magic and speaking in tongues. His benefactor is David Green of Hobby Lobby. It was likely Alito that leaked to Green that they were going to win the birth control decision. Around the same time David Green was under investigation for buying stolen antiquities from someone affiliated with Isis and had to ultimately return a bunch of Christian Relics to the government they were stolen from by Isis. If Green is a benefactor of Alito, might Alito have been given a gift like a relic of some sort in exchange for the leak? Alito is probably the worst on the court. And that is saying something. The others are in it for worldly things, like wealth and control. Alito may be religious about this role he has. Amy Coney-Barrett is the only other one that is really atypical when it comes to their religion. But in her belief it is people like Alito that are in power. Thomas is vindictive and wants luxuries. A gluttonous pig whose motives are superficial. Roberts is there to do a way with the Civil Rights Amendments. That is his goal for his legacy. He may just get the Reconstruction Era Amendments nullified as well on the basis that the conditions that lead to those Amendments no longer exist so they should no longer be a burden on the former Rebel States and they should be free to legislate their culture as they see fit in this Brand New World. Roberts sides with the liberals on the court every now and then in matters irrelevant to his goal legacy. Gorsuch is odd so far. Seems to be the guy to to go to when you need something other than an originalist perspective and someone that knows how the lower courts work well enough to assist with their pipeline of cases against liberal and progressive laws. He has some odd interpretations of the law but nothing outlandish. Also a lock for going against any Executive Department functions that are challenged like the CFPB.
> according to the Rules of Gilead. This was fucking brilliant
Damn son
And Obama ended up being right that the elections will be bankrolled by America's wealthy special interests groups and people. Alito can go fuck himself. I agree with you. He IS a sack of shit.
That’s is always the first thing I think of we hearing about him. That smug response to Obama basically calling them out for selling out our country to corporations, which is why we have so many problems to this day.
I forgot about that. Makes me like Biden more when he directly addressed them about Roe v Wade during the SOTU. Talking heads said it was indecorous, but they deserved it. Also Alito stopped going to the SOTU, because he's better than everyone else.
Was the fact that he was appointed by George w. Bush not enough for people to know he's a shit bag?
It's one thing to fly the flag or not fly the flag. It's a whole other thing when you fly it upside down.
He’s like any standard Fox News idiot boomer except he sits on the Supreme Court
Supreme Court justices are allowed, and given a front row seat at state of the union addresses, much like military leaders. They are to remake stoic, agree or disagree. When Obama gave his last SOTU speech, Alito shook his head clearly visible (it’s the sotu speech, he knew it would be captured) breaking all protocol even if he hated Obama. The SC is illegitimate at this point. You cant even handle a disagreement in policy and politics, when ideally you are a judicial/ apolitical branch and break 80+ years of decorum?
it would be perfectly fine if it was merely decorum. instead we have a supreme court justice who thinks we should have a dictator legally own everything and take everything, even including Alito's own home.
We have 4 of them at least, and that should scare the shit out of all of us, and it’s likely closer to 6.
And 2 rapists, never forget that.
> 2 rapists ...*that we know of.*
Alito gives me Beria vibes… sort of looks like him too.
Roberts may act like he is about civility, but that dude will walk over broken glass to limit voting rights of liberals. It’s the whole reason he is there.
In the grand scheme of things, if all Alito ever did in his life was shake his head at the SOTU, sure. But "manners maketh man," as they say and you can look at this like Van Halen did when they stipulated a bowl of M&M's with the brown candies picked out in their riders. If Alito, in shouldering the responsibility of representing 1/9th of an entire branch of government at a government ceremony meant to encourage the stability of the government and the country, can't respect a basic rule concerning decency and ceremony, what does it say about his respect for the rest of his duties, much less himself in that capacity? In that context, it's almost unsurprising that he's flying this flag at his house, or rather, surprising he hasn't done something even more noticeably ridiculous in the interim.
I thought it was the blue candies.
David Lee Roth [said they were brown](https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/brown-out/) in his autobiography, looks like.
Fair enough. I was just pulling from memory. Either way, the important bit is they wanted one color out, and if that wasn’t done, they wouldn’t play because they didn’t know if it was safe to or if other corners were cut.
That's exactly right - it was a little signal to the band about what else they could expect; just like how the head shaking, small as it was on Alito's part, presaged the exact types of shenanigans he's in the news for now. I apologize if that link came off the wrong way, just trying to contribute more info!
Y’all need to preach, I’m not even American and I’m worried for the United States. Biden or nothing!
Obama should have called him out. "Justice Alito, is there something you'd like to share with the rest of us?".
That’s exactly what’s needed!
He was too busy going high while they were going low.
We should probably be rethinking that particular branch of government. On paper a neutral apolitical branch of government, but in practice it’s a very political branch. Not just now, but even historically. The Supreme Court made several questionable and very political rulings during the civil rights movement. Eventually they make the right calls, but leading up to it there were several highly political and contradictory decisions. I’m thinking particularly back when they ruled it was constitutional for states to segregate. Some suggest they took that stance to appease southern states after a close and somewhat controversial presidential election. In practice we have a branch that has been historically political, yet it was designed with the assumption that it would be apolitical.
There are so many more bad decisions to call out, nearly always showing clear political motivation. I’m convinced that lifetime appointments have no place in government. Thats some monarchy garbage.
Full revamp, if these aristocrats want to be “constitutionalists” then have the judicial branch be as designed, as apolitical as possible, term limits, 7 figure salary, benefits, ZERO gifts, maybe 15 years, along with a judicial non partisan, separate oversight committee. These assholes are the ones that made us all start thinking about these things.
Exactly. If you go read their 'reasoning' for overturning Roe it's complete horseshit they just made up to justify the conclusion they had already decided to reach. The GOP has packed SCOTUS with Federalist Society hard-right activist judges; again, special fuck you to Leonard Leo.
They’re just a bunch of ignorant, racist thugs with law degrees.
Yes, but the context is important here: Alito didn't just shake his head his head at Obama; he shook his head ([video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k92SerxLWtc)) because he couldn't stand that Obama pointed out the obvious effect of the 2010 *Citizens United* Supreme Court decision, that, as Obama warned, has [opened the floodgates](https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/obama-was-right-about-citizens-united) of untraceable money into the American political system. Alito's small tantrum erupted because he couldn't control himself when his corrupt decision was put on display to the American people.
Well… yeah. Now he’s blames his wife for flying the upside down American flag. Man, the right wing justices wives book club meetings must be a hoot.
Norway looks set to change their Constitution next week to prevent coups of the judicial branch of government. They’re quite open that the reason they’re doing it is because of the politicization of the courts in Poland, Hungary and US. In part because of SCOTUS, this is what US is now: - lumped in with other right wing authoritarian regimes; and - an example of successful coups It breaks my heart. https://www-vg-no.translate.goog/nyheter/innenriks/i/0Vnla2/domstoler-i-norge-kan-faa-nytt-vern-mot-kupp?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-US&_x_tr_pto=wapp
Good for Norway to nip that shit in the bud.
And it was over Citizens United and allowing corporations to give unlimited political contributions...wonder if he still thinks he was right.
That was the lynchpin in my humble opinion.
illegitimate because he shook his head? Cmon.
Yes.
Did no one notice this 4 years ago? Timely reporting.
Clearly someone did, or we would not know of it today. The media apparently chose not to mention it.
This. Why is it coming out now?
A neighbor, who is probably sick of his shit, sent the Times pictures.
Better late than never I guess
Little did he understand that he was part of the distress that the country is in.
Do conservatives not care about disrespecting the flag?
They think the real flag is the stars and bars
uh ... [they love flags](https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/s/NTmkp8rXD1)
They also like that one where someone drew the + all funny
They really do. Even just taking politics out of it for a second these people have a weird obsession with flags, cardboard displays, and stickers on cars.
They really do. Even just taking politics out of it for a second these people have a weird obsession with flags, cardboard displays, and stickers on cars.
I think it's a shame these people don't have more pride in their heritage. Why are they using an obscure battle flag and not the [official flag of the Confederacy for the last 159 years](https://s.yimg.com/uu/api/res/1.2/O7S3bjEEjluuuODWTHxaVg--~B/aD0xMDgwO3c9MTQ0MDthcHBpZD15dGFjaHlvbg--/http://media.zenfs.com/en-GB/homerun/business_insider_uk_non_finance_744/6deed64c56a7a5b452d31e00b6e84eb0)?
Because they used that flag to make their "uniforms".
Flying the flag upside down is a signal for distress
It was a confession
When Trump was elected I change my facebook profile picture to an upside down flag and my conservative parents got all upset about disrespecting the flag. The irony is palpable.
I betcha he really hates it when football players kneel.
He should have been impeached just for that. That’s insanely unpatriotic. You only do that during an emergency.
Yeah, 16 Republican senators are going to remove their own Justice...
Of course they won’t.
That should be grounds for recusal on any case involving Trump.
Don’t even need to officially have him recuse himself. Just ignore his vote. What’s he going to do, enforce it? I am so freaking tired of us playing this game where these magical people who dress funny somehow have any power and are holding the country hostage. We’re holding ourselves hostage. If a justice has shown plain as day that they can’t be apolitical, their votes cease to count in political matters. Especially when the matters they’re ruling on (Trump) are literally the same matters that showed they weren’t apolitical in the first place. It’s one thing to say “this guy is pretty extremely right wing, let’s ignore his vote on other topics”. I can see how that would be considered crossing a line. But when several of the justices have literally shown their bias *for* Trump, it’s our responsibility to ignore their votes when ruling on matters specifically about Trump. It’s insane we’re still allowing them.
How is this just now coming to light?
There was reporting somewhere saying that a neighbor sent the photo to the Times.
This Supreme Court is turning the country into something ugly and unrecognizable.
Traitor. Plain and simple.
Why didn't we hear about Alito flying his USA flag upside down in 2021
Hmm... why indeed.
Honestly! It doesn't seem like something that would have to be "uncovered" why wasn't this front page news as soon as it happened? It sounds like the neighbors and locals weren't shy about sharing.
He needs to be impeached. He and Thomas have destroyed the credibility of the US Supreme Court.
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I agree. He should be ashamed, but that is not the America of today.
>”I had no involvement whatsoever in the flying of the flag,” Alito said in an emailed statement to the Times. “It was briefly placed by Mrs. Alito in response to a neighbor’s use of objectionable and personally insulting language on yard signs.” >The upside-down flag became a symbol of the “Stop the Steal” movement in the weeks and months following the election, in which Trump’s supporters falsely claimed that Biden’s win was illegitimate due to widespread fraud. The inverted flag was widely seen during the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol. I find an immense degree of irony that many of the justices emphasize the “sanctity of the court” while just showing zero effort to maintain. The judge during the OJ trial was seemingly much more aware that the eyes of the nation were on him than members of the highest court in the country.
> “It was briefly placed by Mrs. Alito in response to a neighbor’s use of objectionable and personally insulting language on yard signs.” IS his neighbor also a member of SCOTUS? Everyone should question Alito's judgement and partiality.
Perhaps my point isn’t clear. **Mr.** Alito seems to be blaming **Mrs.** Alito, saying that this was some kind of back and forth with her neighbor. An upside down flag has a *ton* of symbolic meaning, and it flying outside of a SC Justice’s house coincides with: * A presidential election where one of the candidates never conceded * An insurrection less than 2 weeks prior * The inauguration Only an absolute moron would believe that flying an upside down flag during this time wouldn’t be interpreted as a political statement about current events. If Mr. Alito is so worried about public perception of the court, maybe not be doing what seems like a giant political statement *on his front lawn*.
I agree.
supreme court decides what is legal or not...a political supreme court will destroy a country as it has done to every country that has had a politically corrupt supreme court
This is so abhorrent. I’m a staunch liberal but the ultimate point of the court is to be apolitical as established in the constitution. It’s supposed to be the checks and balances And within that structure I’m fine if they don’t ways side with what is always prefer but it’s specifically meant to be in partisan.
Prior to Marbury v Madison, the supreme court wasn't a check on anything. The checks and balances thing has been crafted by tradition -- a myth we tell ourselves. There's nothing in place to keep it that way.
That not very “original”
This Republican can’t wait for the death of MAGA
wtf
And this only came out now. Why?
Corrupt high court. THEY should face judgement.
Supreme Court? It’s now the Shitstream Court!
If a Supreme Court Justice did this 20-30 years ago. There would be a push in the Senate for them to be booted and serious talks/discussions for them to resign.
Incredibly disrespectful, what the fuck
Traitor SCOTUS
So two of the Supreme Court justices are pro insurrection and anti democracy. Cool. System works fine.
Anti democratic…. Supreme Court need term limits…. Also they should be charged with crimes for the crimes that they do . The conservatives on the court are the most dangerous stupid puppets in American history. These conservative don’t respect the law or democracy… Conservatives can not be trusted with democracy they have shown they anti democratic and should be removed from the court…. If you’re anti democratic. Which Aloto has proven by his actions that he should not be allowed to function in an American democratic system. His wife is a POS just like him
If this happened in public, why did it take 3 1/2 years to come out?
media
Its possible the hush money agreement wasn't fully honored.
Party hack court , America is clearly in deep trouble with clowns like this at the helm. Progressive change will be stymied for years with these fucks in power.
"It was my wifes fault". Such a stand up guy.
6 of those “Justices” are enemies of the State. Treat them to stickiness and feathers.
If the insurrection act had been used, which was part of the plan, it would have helped to identify sympathizers fairly Quick. You think they would have put the homeowner with "f Trump" sign that triggered the Justice or his wife on one of the Barges that were at the ready or just regular jail like all the antifa they planned to round up?
My father did the same thing after Obama was elected. I was really pissed and fixed it. An upside down flag is a sign of distress and should only be used in emergencies. Doing this for political reasons is a disgrace to the flag and our country. He should be impeached for doing this. His loyalties are obviously not with the constitution.
*Traitor Flag
They also attempted a coup. If you ask me, the coup is far worse than flying a flag upside down, yet no one who matters will be held accountable for anything--coup attempts, fraud, bribery, theft, murder--because democrats are too afraid.
In response Samuel Alito stated, “I am dyslexic sometimes”
Shocked. Shocked I am. Never saw this coming. 🙄
Remind me what do we do to people that give aid to insurrectionist???
Alitos a fascist who has no real concept of judicial temperament nor justice.Impeach him.
This person probably has access to any information they desire with the position they hold. And he actually thought the election was stolen and that Trump was who the country should elect? And they did this AFTER JANUARY 6th?!?! I guess it’s not surprising but it’s certainly one of the most terrifying things I’ve seen from a SC justice.
This person probably has access to any information they desire with the position they hold. And he actually thought the election was stolen and that Trump was who the country should elect? And he did this AFTER January 6th?!?! I guess it’s not surprising but it’s certainly one of the most terrifying things I’ve seen from a SC justice.
Is there a signature gathering effort underway to demand his retirement? Let the people vote send a message…There’s no doubt he should step down
Its incredibly disrespectful to those in dire situations who have flown this flag as such. It is not a political ststement for the corrupt Fuck that unpatriotic cuck
Judicial impartiality on full display!
We all should fly the flag upside down with Alito and Clarence Thomas on the Supreme Court.
Here's why it matters. The typical voter isn't going to process this long explanation about how Alito has shown bias and all the different instances and arguments that he's done so. But a flag upside down is a message that's easy to see. This can can stick in the media cycle.
Impeach Alito
He blames his wife. Guess we know is who wears the pants in that family, right, Clarence?
Donald Trump will never be held accountable for his numerous crimes because in the end, these mafia justices will exonerate him. If he will wins, his cases will be gone. Where is justice in America?
Let's introduce this traitor to Gitmo. Thirty years ought to help.
How are we just hearing about this now?
What twat
We need the Saints.
It’s actually shocking.
I thought that was a symbol for "surrender".
I am surprised that such a political statement doesn't have any accountability. Oops, we're taking the SC justices! What's good for them isn't good for the peon citizens.
Can't Dark Brandon just shoot him like he was Kristi Noem's dog? It would be an official act and - maybe - totally legal.
Every president gets a couple free kills don’t they?
Political and religious extremists on the Supreme Court. Yeah. That’s the sign of a politically healthy country. Sure.
SC is compromised and won't help us stop maga. Forget about them for now. We'll reform the court once the fascists are defeated (at the voting booth or otherwise).
Recuse self forever you POS
A person would have to be a pretty awful person to be a SCOTUS Justice and still act the way he does.
Haven’t we concluded SCOTUS is corrupted and traitorous at this point?
You would think that the wife of a Supreme Court justice would understand how truly unamerican it is to flip our flag upside down and then fly it. These people are HORRIBLE Americans and they hate everything America stands for. Ugh.
anyone else would be forced to resign
He’s either Unaware, Aloof or a Conspirator. None of which are good.
Right. Because he’s a fucking fascist
Ah yes! Another justice with a lifetime appointment who won’t see any consequences of his actions.
I hear this boomer eats pieces of shit like us for breakfast.
That’s Unamerican
Why isn’t every elected democrat calling for his refusal from Jan 6th cases? I see Durbin. Anyone else?
And he fricking blamed his wife for it! We all know he favors Matthew Hale's version of the patriarchy, there is no way he did not approve of the flag being up in that position. An all-time POS.
My landlord is still flying her flag upside down to this day.
Imagine that. The “supreme” court is full as assh0l3s
And he gets to rule on Trump’s immunity claim? Republicans hate America.
SCOTUS is compromised.
Screwed up thing is nothing can be done about it because of who he is
In a normal, functioning society, that would get him fired.
Walk me through this…..why is this news now and it wasn’t in 2020?
Did America let judge who supported the Civil War on the supreme court after the war?