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There's the Good, the Bad and the Ugly ... and Then Sam Alito -by Jim Hightower
Sam Alito is so ugly that he can't even see his ugliness.
I don't mean looks, but the deep inner ugliness of character that keeps oozing from this so-called "supreme" judge. Start with the unabashed lies he told senators to win his lifetime appointment to America's powerfully undemocratic judicial branch. Lie No. 1 was his promise not to mess with women's constitutional right to reproductive freedom. But once he put on his authoritarian black robe, he wrote the court's edict ripping that right from every woman.
Later, Alito got caught secretly accepting a freebie trip to a luxury fishing lodge, paid for by a billionaire vulture capitalist. Far from embarrassed, he haughtily asserted that as a Supreme he has no ethical duty even to report such gifts of "personal hospitality." Indeed, he's led the Supreme Court's corrupt refusal to adopt an enforceable code of ethics (which every other public office must do).
Which brings us to Alito's current flag flap, revealing a clownish show of tone-deaf arrogance. Abandoning any pretense of judicial impartiality, he's had flags flying at both his home and beach house, ostentatiously trumpeting his embrace of MAGA extremism and his opposition to President Joe Biden. How, then, can he be a fair judge of upcoming cases concerning Trump's anti-democratic power grabs?
No problem, said Alito, imperiously waving off proper demands that he remove himself from ruling on these cases. Trying to deflect a tsunami of criticism, the black-robed scoundrel resorted to the classic "gentleman's dodge": He blamed his wife. "My wife is fond of flying flags," he said, insisting that the never even noticed them flapping in front of his houses for the world to see.
I don't mean looks, but the deep inner ugliness of character that keeps oozing from this so-called "supreme" judge. Start with the unabashed lies he told senators to win his lifetime appointment to America's powerfully undemocratic judicial branch. Lie No. 1 was his promise not to mess with women's constitutional right to reproductive freedom. But once he put on his authoritarian black robe, he wrote the court's edict ripping that right from every woman.
Later, Alito got caught secretly accepting a freebie trip to a luxury fishing lodge, paid for by a billionaire vulture capitalist. Far from embarrassed, he haughtily asserted that as a Supreme he has no ethical duty even to report such gifts of "personal hospitality." Indeed, he's led the Supreme Court's corrupt refusal to adopt an enforceable code of ethics (which every other public office must do).
Which brings us to Alito's current flag flap, revealing a clownish show of tone-deaf arrogance. Abandoning any pretense of judicial impartiality, he's had flags flying at both his home and beach house, ostentatiously trumpeting his embrace of MAGA extremism and his opposition to President Joe Biden. How, then, can he be a fair judge of upcoming cases concerning Trump's anti-democratic power grabs?
No problem, said Alito, imperiously waving off proper demands that he remove himself from ruling on these cases. Trying to deflect a tsunami of criticism, the black-robed scoundrel resorted to the classic "gentleman's dodge": He blamed his wife. "My wife is fond of flying flags," he said, insisting that the never even noticed them flapping in front of his houses for the world to see.
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There's the Good, the Bad and the Ugly ... and Then Sam Alito -by Jim Hightower (Original Post)
justaprogressive
Jun 2024
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FakeNoose
(35,516 posts)1. As soon as we win back the House, this crap will be over
Alito and Thomas will be gone. Whatever it takes to get them out of SCOTUS, we'll do it. They are pimples on the ass of our judicial system.
Wednesdays
(20,308 posts)2. If you're talking about impeachment
We would need at least fifteen Republican senators on board for them to be "gone." Very unlikely to happen.
FakeNoose
(35,516 posts)3. Actually I didn't mean impeaching them
They can be encouraged to resign if our government takes a serious approach to enforcing ethics violations. I think Thomas is considering resigning already. A Blue House and Senate would seal the deal for him.