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clarence thomas and samuel alito.appointed 15 years apart by presidents from connecticut who wanted you to believe they were from texas. the bushes were born in connecticut where the family had deep roots. the father of the first president bush was prescott bush. republican senator from connecticut. the bush family preferred to go to college close to home so father and son presidents both went to yale. they were called country club republicans. they hated paying taxes. the first president bush was a supporter of planned parenthood before he was selected to be ronald reagan's running mate in 1980 whereupon he had to suddenly pretend he was opposed to any and all abortions. by the time george w. bush was running for president, country club republicans had been banished from the party and replaced by born again christians which george w. bush claimed to be. 1988 was one of those years when presidential campaign polls could not have been more wrong giving massachusetts governor michael dukakis a 17 point lead in the summe
clarence thomas and samuel alito.appointed 15 years apart by presidents from connecticut who wanted you to believe they were from texas. the bushes were born in connecticut where the family had deep roots. the father of the first president bush was prescott bush. republican senator from connecticut. the bush family preferred to go to college close to home so father and son presidents both went to yale. they were called country club republicans. they hated paying taxes. the first president bush...
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justice alito remained silent, they added. the alitos began to walk away. that is when the woman snapped, she said. she does not remember her precise words but recalls something like how dare you behave this way. you've been harassing us over signs. you represent the highest court in the land. shame on you. the woman then called marketa anne alito an expletive i cannot say on television, and the younger couple later reported the incident to police. so justice alito's wife standing alongside the justice was publicly berating neighbors over political disagreements over donald trump and january 6th. and then she flew insurrectionist flags over justice alito's house without his objection. and justice alito now says whatever, my wife loves flags, no need for me to recuse herself from the two major cases i'm hearing about january 6th and donald trump. today republicans celebrated justice alito's refusal to recuse from this case. the man in question in all of this, donald trump congratulated alito on social media for showing the intelligence, courage, and guts not
justice alito remained silent, they added. the alitos began to walk away. that is when the woman snapped, she said. she does not remember her precise words but recalls something like how dare you behave this way. you've been harassing us over signs. you represent the highest court in the land. shame on you. the woman then called marketa anne alito an expletive i cannot say on television, and the younger couple later reported the incident to police. so justice alito's wife standing alongside the...
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. >>> now to supreme court justice samuel alito facing controversy after "the new york times" published a photo of an upside down american flag flying at his home in the aftermath of january 6th. peter alexander reports. >> reporter: tonight, top democrats are demanding supreme court justice samuel alito recuse himself from cases related to january 6th after "the new york times" published this photo showing an american flag flying upside down at his home. the picture reportedly taken just over a week after the capitol attack. an upside down flag is meant to signal distress and has been used as a sign of protest by both the left and right, but some of alito's neighbors tell "the times," they were alarmed, because it was the symbol adopted by some trump supporters during the capitol riot falsely claiming president biden stole the election. alito confirming the photo telling "the times," i had no involvement whatsoever in the flying of the flag. it was briefly placed by mrs. alito in response to a neighbor's use of objectionable and personally insulting language on yard signs. according to
. >>> now to supreme court justice samuel alito facing controversy after "the new york times" published a photo of an upside down american flag flying at his home in the aftermath of january 6th. peter alexander reports. >> reporter: tonight, top democrats are demanding supreme court justice samuel alito recuse himself from cases related to january 6th after "the new york times" published this photo showing an american flag flying upside down at his home. the...
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samuel alito is one of them. if he were a member of the house now, he would be in the back benches with marjorie taylor greene, yelling at the president. he has given an explanation for why he was flying the american flag upside down that is obviously a lie. no sane person could believe it unless it is to be taken as an insanity defense by justice alito. when the new york times reported that the alito home had the american flag flying upside down after the january 6 attack on the capital which happened right across the street from the supreme court, justice alito told this lie as his official explanation. >> i had no involvement whatsoever in flying the flag. it was briefly placed by mrs. alito in response to a neighbor's use of injectable -- objectionable and personally insulting language on yard signs. justice alito did not have the decency to come up with a story that had minimal logic unit. like his supreme court opinions, alito did not care how preposterous that defense was. so, the supreme court justice wan
samuel alito is one of them. if he were a member of the house now, he would be in the back benches with marjorie taylor greene, yelling at the president. he has given an explanation for why he was flying the american flag upside down that is obviously a lie. no sane person could believe it unless it is to be taken as an insanity defense by justice alito. when the new york times reported that the alito home had the american flag flying upside down after the january 6 attack on the capital which...
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. >> they didn't write to alito. they wrote to roberts and got a letter back to alito.kay justice roberts, you are the person who comes before the court. we want to talk to you. so far, nothing. >> it underscores the problem the supreme court has right now. technically, chief justice roberts doesn't have any authority over justice alito to require him to recuse other than as part of a larger court decision if there were to be a request. but, what is shocking about this is that we are now about on the precipice of an irreparable harmful decision by two justices who to any other federal judge in the country would recuse. and it is up to chief justice roberts to save the court's legitimacy right now. and for him to not respond to senator durban and senator whitehouse. and for alito to respond to them is truly flouting congress' oversight authority and congress' role as a coequal branch. and it does not bode well for what is to come over the next few weeks. when i think the biggest travesty in supreme court history might occur if these two justices rule on cases about which
. >> they didn't write to alito. they wrote to roberts and got a letter back to alito.kay justice roberts, you are the person who comes before the court. we want to talk to you. so far, nothing. >> it underscores the problem the supreme court has right now. technically, chief justice roberts doesn't have any authority over justice alito to require him to recuse other than as part of a larger court decision if there were to be a request. but, what is shocking about this is that we...
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justice alito made political statements by flying these flags.ore if alito as i believe most f3dal jurists would agree, is acting improperly by flying these flags -- host: why does that necessarily disqualify him from doing his io do his job because he has taken statement with regard to the insurrection, with regard to tho the second that is in conflict with his sitting on a case involving the insurrection or involving donald trump. particularly the immunity currently decision that is before the court currently and previously, the situation with regard to --. but the supreme court has done with justice is it has put a delay by virtue of its taking the immunity decision from t ap. circuitit has put a delay on thl of the insurrection case brought against donald trump in a criminal context. deprived the american people every day that goes by, it is depriving the american■áe of their right to a speedy trinase. host: judith is next in florida, inent ne. caller: good morning. my name is gia. i just want to say veteran of or armed forces. it is absolute
justice alito made political statements by flying these flags.ore if alito as i believe most f3dal jurists would agree, is acting improperly by flying these flags -- host: why does that necessarily disqualify him from doing his io do his job because he has taken statement with regard to the insurrection, with regard to tho the second that is in conflict with his sitting on a case involving the insurrection or involving donald trump. particularly the immunity currently decision that is before...
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tonight justice alito blaming his wife. here's terry moran. >> reporter: tonight, supreme court justice, samuel alito, embroiled in controversy after "the new york times" published a photograph showing the american flag outside alito's house, flying upside down. "the times" says the picture was taken in january 2021, just days after the january 6th attack on the capitol. some trump supporters that day held aloft upside-down american flags as a sign of their rejection of joe biden's election. the u.s. flag code says the american flag should never be flown upside down except as “a signal of dire distress in instances of extreme danger.” alito's neighbor, aija karlson, remembers seeing alito's flag that way in 2021. >> in my mind, i just said, there's something wrong with the flag. >> reporter: today, she saw the story in "the new york times." >> and i said, oh, my god, of course that's what it was. it was hanging upside down. >> reporter: justice alito, one of the court's most conservative members, responded to the story, and
tonight justice alito blaming his wife. here's terry moran. >> reporter: tonight, supreme court justice, samuel alito, embroiled in controversy after "the new york times" published a photograph showing the american flag outside alito's house, flying upside down. "the times" says the picture was taken in january 2021, just days after the january 6th attack on the capitol. some trump supporters that day held aloft upside-down american flags as a sign of their rejection...
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alito said they never discussed business. alito stella justice, clarence thomas, also faced scrutiny after who it was revealed his wife ginni sent text messages to former white house chief of staff mark meadows challenging the 2020 election results. the supreme court code of conduct says justices should not be swayed by partisan interests and should remain dignified and
alito said they never discussed business. alito stella justice, clarence thomas, also faced scrutiny after who it was revealed his wife ginni sent text messages to former white house chief of staff mark meadows challenging the 2020 election results. the supreme court code of conduct says justices should not be swayed by partisan interests and should remain dignified and
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did not have to assign the case to alito knowing that alito was going to let his proverbial freak flag fly. but then why does he release the opinion today? court still has six weeks left. if you are at all ashamed of what alito is doing, if you are roberts, you take that decision and you stick it in a drawer for a couple of weeks, hoping the story blows over but john roberts doesn't care. >> you think that was signaling? >> absolutely. you know who else thought it was signaling, elena kagan, the second line was something like the majority's decision is upside down. >> using the upside down methodology. >> that was not an accident. >>> as we await the extremely consequential jury instructions, how what the judge tells the jury could impact their final decision, that's next. that's nex t. with low cost ground shipping from the united states postal service. ♪♪ if you spit blood when you brush, it could be the start of a domino effect. new parodontax active gum repair breath freshener. clinically proven to help reverse the four signs of early gum disease. a new toothpaste from parodontax,
did not have to assign the case to alito knowing that alito was going to let his proverbial freak flag fly. but then why does he release the opinion today? court still has six weeks left. if you are at all ashamed of what alito is doing, if you are roberts, you take that decision and you stick it in a drawer for a couple of weeks, hoping the story blows over but john roberts doesn't care. >> you think that was signaling? >> absolutely. you know who else thought it was signaling,...
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the revelation came just days after alito acknowledged an upside down u.s. flag, also carried by january 6th rioters, hung briefly outside his virginia home, days after the u.s. capitol siege. alito said he had no involvement whatsoever, that his wife hung the flag amid a dispute with neighbors. many republicans stood by alito today. any concern about there being a flag there? >> people who are judges on the supreme court have personal lives, they have families, and i don't think they are responsible over everything their families do or say. >> reporter: and the g.o.p. is expected to block any efforts by democrats to pass new ethics rules for the high court, which has a code, but polices itself. >> there is literally no place else in the federal government in which an allegation against an official is raised, and there is not even fact-finding done. >> reporter: new polling shows public approval of the court has plummeted in just the last four years. >> i think, at the very least, we need more answers to questions about the second flag and about his involvem
the revelation came just days after alito acknowledged an upside down u.s. flag, also carried by january 6th rioters, hung briefly outside his virginia home, days after the u.s. capitol siege. alito said he had no involvement whatsoever, that his wife hung the flag amid a dispute with neighbors. many republicans stood by alito today. any concern about there being a flag there? >> people who are judges on the supreme court have personal lives, they have families, and i don't think they are...
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alito a folder name, which, bad luck. that was a shouting match in february that led the neighbors to call the police on martha- ann alito. weeks after they had flown the notorious flag. now you might think given all of these developments and growing calls from members of the senate judiciary committee demanding alito accuse himself from pending cases, alito is reconsidering his story. you would be wrong. today alito sent a defiant letter to the senators. on his supreme court letterhead. i should note he is responding to senators who did not write to him. they wrote to chief justice roberts but he is writing back and saying he is under no obligation to recuse himself, even intimating he is obligated not to, which is unclear, and adding wild details to the story. i had nothing whatsoever to do with the flying of that flag. i was not aware of the upside
alito a folder name, which, bad luck. that was a shouting match in february that led the neighbors to call the police on martha- ann alito. weeks after they had flown the notorious flag. now you might think given all of these developments and growing calls from members of the senate judiciary committee demanding alito accuse himself from pending cases, alito is reconsidering his story. you would be wrong. today alito sent a defiant letter to the senators. on his supreme court letterhead. i...
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we just had this news about samuel alito. and i think all of us are sort of, there's a little bit of banging your head against the wall. like okay, what now? and i am feeling like the further decision to fly these flights feel taunting. you could just not do it. you just sit in your house. you don't have to fly any flags. you've got a lot of power. what do you see as your role as a democratic member of congress and a democratic house majority with respect to this court, specifically alito? >> well, i don't even think that we have to wait until we have a democratic house majority because we have a democratic senate majority and this is a, this is an alarm i have been sounding for quite some time now. i think that what we are seeing here is an extraordinary breach of not just the trust and the stature of the supreme court but we are seeing a fundamental challenge to our democracy. samuel alito has identified himself with the same people who rated the capital on january 6th and is now going to be presiding over court cases that
we just had this news about samuel alito. and i think all of us are sort of, there's a little bit of banging your head against the wall. like okay, what now? and i am feeling like the further decision to fly these flights feel taunting. you could just not do it. you just sit in your house. you don't have to fly any flags. you've got a lot of power. what do you see as your role as a democratic member of congress and a democratic house majority with respect to this court, specifically alito?...
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alito is right. he is acting the way he's acting because he knows democrats lack the strength to stop him and is shoving it in people's faces at this point. you asked at the top, that's a great question and the senator asked, what will john roberts do? what can john roberts do? folks, john roberts has spoken with a clear voice on this and that voice is, i don't care. we are talking voting rights decision that came out today. >> authored by alito. >> that john roberts did not have to assign it to alito knowing he would let his proverbial freak flag mcfly. why does he release the opinion today? court has six weeks left. if you were at all ashamed of what alito is doing and you are roberts, you take that decision and stick it in a drawer for a couple of weeks, hoping the story blows over. john roberts does not care. >> you think that was signaling? >> absolutely. elena kagan, the second line of her dissent was -- and i will get it exactly right but the phrase was something like the majority's decision i
alito is right. he is acting the way he's acting because he knows democrats lack the strength to stop him and is shoving it in people's faces at this point. you asked at the top, that's a great question and the senator asked, what will john roberts do? what can john roberts do? folks, john roberts has spoken with a clear voice on this and that voice is, i don't care. we are talking voting rights decision that came out today. >> authored by alito. >> that john roberts did not have to...
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how many houses do the alitos have? for the record, justice alito has not yet given an explanation as to why another flag associated with the insurrectionist flying over yet another one of his homes. and it should be noted that at the time this appeal to heaven flag was flying over the justices home, the supreme court was actively considering cases involving january 6th defendants. in august of 2023, several january 6th defendants had informed the supreme court of their intention to challenge the constitutionality of a federal crime they had been charged with, obstruction of an official proceeding. it is a crime that donald trump has also been charged with by the special counsel's office, and when that case finally came before the court for oral arguments, this was the tenor of justice alito's questions. >> so, we have had a number of protests in the courtroom. let's say that today, five people get up one after the other, and they shout either, "keep the january 6th insurrectionist's in jail," or "free the january 6th p
how many houses do the alitos have? for the record, justice alito has not yet given an explanation as to why another flag associated with the insurrectionist flying over yet another one of his homes. and it should be noted that at the time this appeal to heaven flag was flying over the justices home, the supreme court was actively considering cases involving january 6th defendants. in august of 2023, several january 6th defendants had informed the supreme court of their intention to challenge...
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alito and mrs. alito it's clear that whatever offensive sign was involved that dispute between neighbors trivializes what's involved here is certainly didn't the alito kids to have the neighbor foot an fu sign, right? >> i didn't state the obvious. they're not that someone couldn't be upset for other children, but their children were not in that in that age group. but again, as you point out, it's the response and the choice of what they did is very substantive, insignificant. it's not just something you would do if you didn't if you didn't believe in it. that's the very clear implication here not they're not protecting their kids by flying that flag upside down what they're doing is expressing solidarity with one side of a very serious ongoing dispute about which the accountability of the former president is very much at stake. >> that's not neutrality, that's not activity. it's tipping your hand. and justice alito tip his hand during the argument more than once, and obviously, just to state the ob
alito and mrs. alito it's clear that whatever offensive sign was involved that dispute between neighbors trivializes what's involved here is certainly didn't the alito kids to have the neighbor foot an fu sign, right? >> i didn't state the obvious. they're not that someone couldn't be upset for other children, but their children were not in that in that age group. but again, as you point out, it's the response and the choice of what they did is very substantive, insignificant. it's not...
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today justice alito went to -- where else? -- foxnews to elaborate further on this news, which involved his wife being very upset about a neighbor's anti-trump lawn sign. >> he gave me a little more context. he said there were some signs out that had vulgarity on them and misses alito addressed that . they were on a walk-through the neighborhood and there were words between misses alito and the man in the house using vulgarity. justice alito said the man used the c word in relation to his wife in front of him. >> in front of the justice? really. >> at some point she was obviously very upset. went home. did the flag. he had nothing to do with it. didn't think it was a great idea. >> he is lucky he only got the flag. he is lucky the justice did not pop them in the eye. >> he didn't think it was a great idea because it really, really wasn't. joining me now to discuss this are justice correspondent for the nation and mark joseph stern, senior writer covering the courts and the laufer slate magazine. i know you guys have a lot of t
today justice alito went to -- where else? -- foxnews to elaborate further on this news, which involved his wife being very upset about a neighbor's anti-trump lawn sign. >> he gave me a little more context. he said there were some signs out that had vulgarity on them and misses alito addressed that . they were on a walk-through the neighborhood and there were words between misses alito and the man in the house using vulgarity. justice alito said the man used the c word in relation to his...
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now alito i don't know how many flag incidents we need before we can tell that justice alito should not sit on any of the cases related to the insurrection perhaps you shouldn't be on the court at all he's not just turned the american flag upside down, but in case after case, i'm afraid he's turning the constitution upside down. >> just today and a 6-3 opinion he essentially refused to agree with the district courts detailed findings showing that race was the dominant motive in the drawing of district leinz in one of the southern states the he's been very political and the flags that he flies even if he tries to throw his wife under the bus with respect to one of them, raise serious questions about whether he is signaling his sympathy with the insurrectionists it seems to me that that's more than enough to explain why the senate judiciary committee under the chairmanship of dick durbin should begin hearings, not just on imposing a binding code of ethics because that's already been recommended by the committee and i think chuck schumer's or put it on the floor, but also about whether sam
now alito i don't know how many flag incidents we need before we can tell that justice alito should not sit on any of the cases related to the insurrection perhaps you shouldn't be on the court at all he's not just turned the american flag upside down, but in case after case, i'm afraid he's turning the constitution upside down. >> just today and a 6-3 opinion he essentially refused to agree with the district courts detailed findings showing that race was the dominant motive in the...
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another provocative flag was flown ate another alito home. photographs obtained by "the times" on four separate dates show the appeal to heaven flag was flown over the new jersey vacation home of supreme court justice samuel alito in the summer of 2023. this was not done surreptitiously. you can see it on google street view. here's aog picture of the house taken last august. a supreme court justice proudly flying the flag of christian fundamentalests and government insurrections in frontgo of his home in daylight for everyone to see even google. and eit's not the first time. five days ago "the new york times" discovered another symbol of the january 6th movement, an upside down american flag, flew over justice alito's home days after the capitol insurrection. justice alito blamed that incident on his wife, say she ran the flag up the pole after a dispute with their neighbors, which is not a usual thing. for the record justice alito has not yet given an explanation as to why yet another flag associated with y the insurrectn is flying over yet
another provocative flag was flown ate another alito home. photographs obtained by "the times" on four separate dates show the appeal to heaven flag was flown over the new jersey vacation home of supreme court justice samuel alito in the summer of 2023. this was not done surreptitiously. you can see it on google street view. here's aog picture of the house taken last august. a supreme court justice proudly flying the flag of christian fundamentalests and government insurrections in...
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or the decisions makes. >> alito so far has not explained the appeal to heaven flag. he said the upside down flag was raised by his wife in response to a dispute with neighbors scholars say the appeal to heaven flag was first flown during the revolutionary war as a symbol against british tyranny. but now some believe it means something different. >> now the flag symbolizes both at the nation that we live in should be a christian nation, but also that the steel of the 2020 election should be stopped alito's flags are drawing concern because there are multiple cases before the supreme court involving the 2020 election and january 6, including the pivotal question of whether trump can claim immunity on election subversion charges a critic of the supreme court says, alito should recuse himself from those cases and there should be investigations in both the house and the senate, not only about the flags, but the extent to which justice alito, his family and possibly even his clerks are aligning themselves with these dark movements within american politics. there's, no indi
or the decisions makes. >> alito so far has not explained the appeal to heaven flag. he said the upside down flag was raised by his wife in response to a dispute with neighbors scholars say the appeal to heaven flag was first flown during the revolutionary war as a symbol against british tyranny. but now some believe it means something different. >> now the flag symbolizes both at the nation that we live in should be a christian nation, but also that the steel of the 2020 election...
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alito, justice alito was only aware of the flag once, he prevailed on her to lower the flag and she refusedo do so. also i think there is a reputation of the claimant that the semiotics of the flags are what they are. i don't find that remotely plausible. there is a suggestion that these flags have become associated with maga end of the stop the steal movement, and it's not a credible claim, at the time they were raised, they were understood by a lot of people, not everyone but certainly by those who would display the flags. it was a political and illegal meaning. the political meaning was trump was the rightful winner of the 2020 election, which was stolen, that's a political claim, but also legal implications because it doesn't bear directly on two of the cases you mentioned, the january 6 case involving donald trump in self -- himself. it's not crazy to presume individuals with sympathy for the■m sentiment communicated by these flags might have a view about the characterization that prosecutors have offered around conduct on and four and surrounding january 6. i think they are tightly li
alito, justice alito was only aware of the flag once, he prevailed on her to lower the flag and she refusedo do so. also i think there is a reputation of the claimant that the semiotics of the flags are what they are. i don't find that remotely plausible. there is a suggestion that these flags have become associated with maga end of the stop the steal movement, and it's not a credible claim, at the time they were raised, they were understood by a lot of people, not everyone but certainly by...
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i think it is fair to conclude that trump is alito's guy. that there is a sort of crisis in front of us. >> i think that is absolutely right. it is clear that this conservative majority in the court has no real regard for anything but its own narrow ideological and in justice alito's case, partisan interests. that should necessitate for the rest of us in the public and certainly for members of congress an effort to stipulated. legislation is not going to be passed because of the current balance of congress, but there are other levers congress can use. democrats on the judiciary committee. not just issuing subpoenas or a request to justice roberts, but really demanding that justices speak before the committee. that justices are not above the constitutional system and one of the things i think we are seeing right now is the extent to which some justices, specifically justice alito, believe they are not just a member of the highest court, but that they are literally above the entire constitutional system and no longer subject to any checks, any
i think it is fair to conclude that trump is alito's guy. that there is a sort of crisis in front of us. >> i think that is absolutely right. it is clear that this conservative majority in the court has no real regard for anything but its own narrow ideological and in justice alito's case, partisan interests. that should necessitate for the rest of us in the public and certainly for members of congress an effort to stipulated. legislation is not going to be passed because of the current...
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alito and blaming her for the january 6 attacks.rhood and there were words between mrs. alito and a male at the home with the sign. the man engaged in vulgar language. following the exchange, she was distraught and hung the flag upside down for a short time. justice alito said some neighbors on his street are very political and acknowledges that it was a very heated time. let's consider what samuel alito did not say in any of those explanations. samuel alito did not explain why his wife's reaction to the trump sign and being insulted was to hang an american flag upside down in the days after january 6. the host of the daily goes even further, writing crucially, alito doesn't deny the flag was flying upside down , doesn't deny its meaning, doesn't express any disapproval for it and doesn't disavow it. and the new york times reports that given the timing and starkness of the symbol, neighbors interpreted the inverted flag as a political statement by the couple. so now we have not one but two supreme court justices who appear to be at
alito and blaming her for the january 6 attacks.rhood and there were words between mrs. alito and a male at the home with the sign. the man engaged in vulgar language. following the exchange, she was distraught and hung the flag upside down for a short time. justice alito said some neighbors on his street are very political and acknowledges that it was a very heated time. let's consider what samuel alito did not say in any of those explanations. samuel alito did not explain why his wife's...
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alito and thomas were directly involved in the january 6th insurrection.e going to sit on cases involving pivotal legal questions. absolutely unthinkable. >> and yet, here we are. so how did the supreme court will ultimately come down in the january 6th cases is unclear. nobody knows. and now, before the justices have made public their decisions, the american people have a legitimate reason to be concerned. have doubt that the court will make a decision in an entirely impartial manner pick senior editor for slate and the host of the abacus podcast is back. plus former lead investigator for the january 6th committee is back with us at the table for the hour. former top official and department of justice msnbc legal analyst, andrew weissman is here. dahlia, this is a story that doesn't pack a lot of surprises when it comes to alito and thomas. a story that propublica won a pulitzer for their extra ordinary body of reporting. it is a story that stopped me in my tracks last night when i saw the new york times, the photo that has an image that if you love this
alito and thomas were directly involved in the january 6th insurrection.e going to sit on cases involving pivotal legal questions. absolutely unthinkable. >> and yet, here we are. so how did the supreme court will ultimately come down in the january 6th cases is unclear. nobody knows. and now, before the justices have made public their decisions, the american people have a legitimate reason to be concerned. have doubt that the court will make a decision in an entirely impartial manner...
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justice alito who let me remind you was appointed by george w.respond to questions about that flag at his vacation home. after blaming his wife for turning their american flag upside down at their other home telling the new york times last week, i had no involvement whatsoever in the flying of the flag. it was briefly placed by mrs. alito in response to objectional language on a neighbor's yard signs. good luck making sense of that. only in the perversions of samuel alito's brain does it make perfect sense. but when your neighbor bothers you, your wife, of course, turns your american flag upside down. we have all known that it is an outrage that the most corrupted judge in the history of the supreme court, clarence thomas, has not recused himself from cases involving donald trump and cases donald trump has brought to the supreme court to get immunity for trying toover throw the election. clarence thomas' wife supported every attempt. now we know samuel alito is also in full violation of the judicial code of ethics for federal judges that would ap
justice alito who let me remind you was appointed by george w.respond to questions about that flag at his vacation home. after blaming his wife for turning their american flag upside down at their other home telling the new york times last week, i had no involvement whatsoever in the flying of the flag. it was briefly placed by mrs. alito in response to objectional language on a neighbor's yard signs. good luck making sense of that. only in the perversions of samuel alito's brain does it make...
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and words were exchanged between that neighbor and alito's wife that's what justice alito test. >> but part of what's so interesting about new flag story is that we have pictures of the slag up in july, in august and september timber of last year was up the whole time, but it appears to be a sustained period so even after taking down this upside down flag, this other flag, then there was there already or then popped up. >> jodi kantor. appreciate the reporting. norm eisen still ahead after suspending her presidential campaign in margin, nikki haley's announced she'll vote for former president trump in november 1 of my upcoming guests as he's not surprised, i'll ask him why next? >> if you are shopping for a whole realtor realtor.com, real commute tool lets you find homes close to work school. >> even grandma's house don't want all apps do that. >> not really trust the number one app, real estate professionals trust water would help with this dry spots. that's wrong disease but scott's healthy plus will curates lung disease going around. >> so like other people have it and it's not reco
and words were exchanged between that neighbor and alito's wife that's what justice alito test. >> but part of what's so interesting about new flag story is that we have pictures of the slag up in july, in august and september timber of last year was up the whole time, but it appears to be a sustained period so even after taking down this upside down flag, this other flag, then there was there already or then popped up. >> jodi kantor. appreciate the reporting. norm eisen still...
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i'm guessing that means alito likes surfing?ey're fans of that japanese wave painting that white people put in their first apartment. i'm going to look it up. okay, so the wave is noah's flood washing away the sodomites, and drowning them in an ocean of tears. >> michael: troy, that's terrible. that's a terrible flag. >> i know. i did not get any of that from the fun wave flag. if you're going to be hateful, stop being so subtle! add a tiny gay person drowning under the wave. or something! you know what flag works? that "don't tread on me" flag with the angry snake. i get that. i know where not to tread. or the punisher skull? when someone is wearing that on their shirt, i know that they're saying: "i'm divorced." or you can have a flag like saudi arabia. i can't read arabic, but i know what a sword is. like, message received! maybe samuel alito should hire saudi arabia's flag guy? >> michael: okay, troy, hold up, there appears to be a new flag up behind you. >> okay... it's a bible... holding a gun? oh, my god. i love it! see,
i'm guessing that means alito likes surfing?ey're fans of that japanese wave painting that white people put in their first apartment. i'm going to look it up. okay, so the wave is noah's flood washing away the sodomites, and drowning them in an ocean of tears. >> michael: troy, that's terrible. that's a terrible flag. >> i know. i did not get any of that from the fun wave flag. if you're going to be hateful, stop being so subtle! add a tiny gay person drowning under the wave. or...
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juste alito? justice alito: well, i would think that the concept of good-faithedal judgment must take into account some objective standards, but it would leave a certain amount of leeway for an didual doctor. that was how i interpreted what the -- what the atsupreme court said. now you have been presend re today with very quick summaries of cases a aed to provide a snap judgment about what would be appropriaten ose particular cases, and, honestly, i think you've hardly been given an opportunityo swer some of the hypotheticals. but would you agree with me that if mical doctor, who is an exrt in this field, were asked bang, bang, bang, what wou y do in these partul circumstances which i am now going to enumerate, the doctor would say:ai i don't -- this is not how i practice medicine. i needo ow a lot more about the individual case. would you agree with that? mr. turner: absolutely. and acog has, you know, in the case of prom, for example, acog doesn't just knee-jerk stay an aborti ithe standard of c
juste alito? justice alito: well, i would think that the concept of good-faithedal judgment must take into account some objective standards, but it would leave a certain amount of leeway for an didual doctor. that was how i interpreted what the -- what the atsupreme court said. now you have been presend re today with very quick summaries of cases a aed to provide a snap judgment about what would be appropriaten ose particular cases, and, honestly, i think you've hardly been given an...
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alito says his wife put up that flag as part of a dispute with a neighbor. the revelation has dozens of democratic lawmakers calling on the justice to recuse himself
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your reaction to this story and justice alito's response. >> justice alito's response makes it clear he understands that it was a political symbol to turn the american flag upside down. it's a universal symbol of political distress and in this case of specific opposition to the inauguration of joe biden. it's what the maga right was calling for. if it were not a very clear political symbol whose meaning was well understood justice alito would not have gone through great pains to blame everything on his wife. the u.s. supreme court is the only court in the federal judiciary and the land that does not have a binding ethics code where you can actually go and complain to some tribunal about what's happening. what we need is to have at the very least an ethics panel of federal circuit judges from around the country who we can bring complaints to of bias in the very likely event justice alito does not decide to heed the calls to recuse himself from this case. it's a very clear conflict of interest. >> what you're talking about, is that a provision or provisions in the judicial ethics enfor
your reaction to this story and justice alito's response. >> justice alito's response makes it clear he understands that it was a political symbol to turn the american flag upside down. it's a universal symbol of political distress and in this case of specific opposition to the inauguration of joe biden. it's what the maga right was calling for. if it were not a very clear political symbol whose meaning was well understood justice alito would not have gone through great pains to blame...
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alito and the man in that house using vulgarity, justice alito told me this man used the c word with relation to his wife in front of them. >> he called her the c word in front of a judge? >> that's what justice alito told me and at some point she was very obviously upset, went home to the flag, he had nothing to do with it, didn't think it was a great idea but it was there for a short time. >> john: he is lucky the only at the flag and that the justice did not pop him one in the eye. >> i think is a husband that would be a difficult thing to walk away from but clearly these neighbors have had an escalated situation. >> john: this is what left-wing media is saying about the situation not knowing this neighbor called mrs. alito the seaward in front of her husband, listen here. >> it shows how little respect he has for the law. it really does come at disgusting. is just disgusting. >> i thought for a long time that alito is the worst justice. he is one of the worst justices that we have seen on the supreme court it is just stunning to be. stunning. >> there is no accountability in the
alito and the man in that house using vulgarity, justice alito told me this man used the c word with relation to his wife in front of them. >> he called her the c word in front of a judge? >> that's what justice alito told me and at some point she was very obviously upset, went home to the flag, he had nothing to do with it, didn't think it was a great idea but it was there for a short time. >> john: he is lucky the only at the flag and that the justice did not pop him one in...
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alito is political? speech. you perceive that as political speech displayed at the home of the alitos plural okay, so are you therefore saying in this case he should recuse? there's no question that it is a close call and that there are reasonable arguments to be made that he should there's a federal statute on point set aside this code that the supreme court adopted in november really is a public relations effort that code is more loophole than law because the members of the court steadfastly refused to include an enforcement mechanism, but congress has a statute on 0.28 usc section 4505. it says, whenever, uh, judge is impartiality might reasonably be questioned. that's the key phrase whenever the judges impartiality might reasonably be questioned, they shao mandatory language disqualify in the case of clarence thomas ruling on january 6 and 2020 election-related cases. it's a slam dunk, it's unequivocal. he absolutely has to recuse, but he has not unfortunately, his refusal to do so has created a kind of quas
alito is political? speech. you perceive that as political speech displayed at the home of the alitos plural okay, so are you therefore saying in this case he should recuse? there's no question that it is a close call and that there are reasonable arguments to be made that he should there's a federal statute on point set aside this code that the supreme court adopted in november really is a public relations effort that code is more loophole than law because the members of the court steadfastly...
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samuel alito, by the way, was in favor of reviewing that case. the majority decided against it. >>> when this story first came out earlier this week, i wanted to treat it with a healthy dose of skepticism because, to me, it seemed too outrageous to be true that a member of the supreme court would be so brazen or foolish or neglectful as to allow a political symbol to be displayed at his home so openly. i waited for some plausible reason. yet, that is something that seems to have been the case. in his email statement to "the new york times" , samuel alito wrote "i had no involvement in flying the flag. it was leased by my wife in response to a neighbor's use of objectionable and personally insulting language on yard signs." notably, samuel alito does not dispute the flag on his property was flown upside down during the time in question, nor does he dispute the commonly understood symbolism of an upside down flag, nor does he disavow or acknowledge or express regret that it has been perceived negatively in such a way that it punishes the reputation
samuel alito, by the way, was in favor of reviewing that case. the majority decided against it. >>> when this story first came out earlier this week, i wanted to treat it with a healthy dose of skepticism because, to me, it seemed too outrageous to be true that a member of the supreme court would be so brazen or foolish or neglectful as to allow a political symbol to be displayed at his home so openly. i waited for some plausible reason. yet, that is something that seems to have been...
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alito's neighbor, aija karlson, remembers seeing alito's flag that way in 2021. >> in my mind, i just's something wrong with the flag. >> reporter: today, she saw the story in "the new york times." >> and i said, oh, my god, of course that's what it was. it was hanging upside-down. >> reporter: justice alito, one of the court's most conservative members, responded to the story, and blamed his wife, telling "the times," i had no involvement whatsoever in the flying of the flag. it was briefly placed by mrs. alito in response to a neighbor's use of objectionable and personally insulting language on yard signs. mrs. alito has not issued her own statement. and "the times" did report the upside-down flag flew outside their home for several days. tonight the democratic chairman of the senate judiciary committee is calling for justice alito to recuse himself from all cases stemming from january 6th. >> that upside-down flag was a symbol of the big lie, the attempt to steal the election and not admit that joe biden was elected. what in the world is it doing at the home of a supreme court just
alito's neighbor, aija karlson, remembers seeing alito's flag that way in 2021. >> in my mind, i just's something wrong with the flag. >> reporter: today, she saw the story in "the new york times." >> and i said, oh, my god, of course that's what it was. it was hanging upside-down. >> reporter: justice alito, one of the court's most conservative members, responded to the story, and blamed his wife, telling "the times," i had no involvement whatsoever...
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that is all that matters to alito.ot the votes of everybody else. >> i have a concern about delay, seeing how jack smith gave the supreme court the opportunity to take up the presidential immunity case earlier than later. we still sit here today. we are kissing june 1st without a decision from scotus. we will have you back when that decision comes out. i am sure you will have a lot to say. thanks for being here, i appreciate it. >>> still to come, secret weapon, how kamala harris is having success on the campaign trail with swing state voters. it could be the key to lock up the wood for biden in november. >>> confirmation competition. behind the biden administration race to confer more judges than trump, and his legacy regardless if he prevails in this is in 2024. >>> stay with us. ...on a ranch ...in montana ...with horses let's take a look at those scenarios. j.p. morgan wealth management has advisors in chase branches and tools, like wealth plan to keep you on track. when you're planning for it all... the answer is
that is all that matters to alito.ot the votes of everybody else. >> i have a concern about delay, seeing how jack smith gave the supreme court the opportunity to take up the presidential immunity case earlier than later. we still sit here today. we are kissing june 1st without a decision from scotus. we will have you back when that decision comes out. i am sure you will have a lot to say. thanks for being here, i appreciate it. >>> still to come, secret weapon, how kamala harris...
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it is all the more shocking, because alito didn't dispute with the inverted flag stood for. in an email statement to the "new york times", he just said it was his wife's idea to fly it, to troll the libs in their neighborhood over their own yard signs. it almost sounds like alito is saying he found himself in a social setting being pressured to endorse ideas he didn't believe, but then the news broke about some stock trades alito made last summer. last august there was that hokey right-wing effort to boycott bud light because the company had provided a single trans influencer with one can of beer. it is hard to remember just what a crazy cause cilhbre the boycott became, but let a heavily armed kid rock remind you. >> now, while that boycott was raging, last august, according to a search of financial records by legal reporter chris gardner, justice alito sold a chunk of stock in anheuser- busch and he bought shares of cores on the same day. kid rock was outshooting up bud light cases and sam alito was selling his anheuser-busch stock. now, you can say, it may just be a coinc
it is all the more shocking, because alito didn't dispute with the inverted flag stood for. in an email statement to the "new york times", he just said it was his wife's idea to fly it, to troll the libs in their neighborhood over their own yard signs. it almost sounds like alito is saying he found himself in a social setting being pressured to endorse ideas he didn't believe, but then the news broke about some stock trades alito made last summer. last august there was that hokey...
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and words were exchanged between that at neighbor and alito's wife that's what justice alito tez. >> but part of what's so interesting about new flag story is that we have pictures of the slag up in july and august and september of last year was up the whole time, but it appears to be a kind of sustained period so even after taking down this upside down flag, this other flag, then there was there already or then popped up. >> jodi kantor. appreciate the reporting. norm eisen still ahead after suspending her presidential campaign in margin, nikki haley's announced she'll vote for former president trump in november 1 of my upcoming guests as he's not surprised, i'll ask him why next? >> she random place like a puppy again, his number two a new door ball and less than a year in people switch their dogs food from kibble to the farmers dog. >> the authors say that it feels like magic. >> but there's no magic involved it's simply fresh meat and vegetables with all the nutrients dogs need instead of drive pellets, just food made for the health of dogs delivered impacts portion for your dog
and words were exchanged between that at neighbor and alito's wife that's what justice alito tez. >> but part of what's so interesting about new flag story is that we have pictures of the slag up in july and august and september of last year was up the whole time, but it appears to be a kind of sustained period so even after taking down this upside down flag, this other flag, then there was there already or then popped up. >> jodi kantor. appreciate the reporting. norm eisen still...
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the new reporting on supreme court justice samuel alito. "the new york times" is reporting that another provocative flag was flown at another alito home and this time reportedly displaying an appeal to heaven flag, a symbol used by some of the rioters on january 6th. you have previously signed on to a letter calling for alito to recuse himself from january 6th cases. will the judiciary department take any action given this new reporting? >> of course he should recuse himself from these cases, and you see him -- i just heard this, listening to your reporting on the recent gerrymandering case and how he was talking about partisanship and decision-making in his opinion. seriously? this is someone who clearly has shown his colors in terms of where he is on this. he should recuse himself and not only that, beyond this situation with justice alito, we have to have rules of the road in place, ethics laws just like apply to every other federal judge. justice roberts said they are moving forward with their own ethics rules, but i think it is problem
the new reporting on supreme court justice samuel alito. "the new york times" is reporting that another provocative flag was flown at another alito home and this time reportedly displaying an appeal to heaven flag, a symbol used by some of the rioters on january 6th. you have previously signed on to a letter calling for alito to recuse himself from january 6th cases. will the judiciary department take any action given this new reporting? >> of course he should recuse himself...
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i think alito is pretty much man the torpedoes in full speedup had up ahead.ally saying the revolution is the answer and that is what the conspirators say the flag on january 6th was with them. it was about revolution and going to a higher power. that is what that's like stands for. which is ironic that a man on the supreme court and one of the leaders of the six that runs the court, i don't know if it is chief justice roberts or alito, but he would have a flag that the says the rule of law does not satisfy us so we need to have the tire call to heaven. he has a christian nationalist philosophy and that is evident in the like and i think it shows two conflicts. one, january 6th and the insurrection and the trials that trump is involved in two, the cases he is involved in that relate to church and state. he has shown impartiality and many times by his actions and by statement and is proud of it. he is -- it's evident and i don't think it will change. i hope justice roberts will see that the court is added low ab and public support and people know alito and thom
i think alito is pretty much man the torpedoes in full speedup had up ahead.ally saying the revolution is the answer and that is what the conspirators say the flag on january 6th was with them. it was about revolution and going to a higher power. that is what that's like stands for. which is ironic that a man on the supreme court and one of the leaders of the six that runs the court, i don't know if it is chief justice roberts or alito, but he would have a flag that the says the rule of law...
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alito.enied any responsibility for the flag flying in his front yard, feet from the front door of his home which he presumably exits and enters every single day. today in two new letters to members of congress, he rejected calls to recuse himself on both january 6th cases, while blaming mean old martha ann, in typically defiant and indignant tones. "my wife is a private citizen, and she possesses the same first amendment rights as every other american. she makes her own decisions, and i have always respected her right to do so. i am confident that a reasonable person who is not motivated by political or idealogical considerations or the desire to affect the outcome of supreme court cases would conclude the facts recounted above do not meet the applicable standard for recusal." as for the appeal to heaven flag outside their new jersey home that flag repurposed as a symbol of support for donald trump was flown during the january 6th insurrection. that flag alito shoves martha ann under the bus
alito.enied any responsibility for the flag flying in his front yard, feet from the front door of his home which he presumably exits and enters every single day. today in two new letters to members of congress, he rejected calls to recuse himself on both january 6th cases, while blaming mean old martha ann, in typically defiant and indignant tones. "my wife is a private citizen, and she possesses the same first amendment rights as every other american. she makes her own decisions, and i...