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

your reaction to this story and samuel alito's response . >> well, justice samuel alito's response makes it clear he understands it was a political symbol to turn the american flag upside down. it is a universal symbol of political distress and, in this case, of specific opposition to the inauguration of joe biden. it is what the maga right was calling for at that point. if it were not a very clear political symbol whose meaning is well understood, justice samuel alito would not have gone to great playing pains to blame everything on his wife. in any event, the u.s. supreme court is the only court in the federal judiciary, indeed the only court in the land that does not have a binding ethics code where you could actually go and complain to some tribunal about what is 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 event, in the very likely event that justice samuel alito does not decide to heed the cost to recuse himself from this case. it is a very clear conflict of int

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

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

"will there be any consequences in samuel alito's case? doubtful. alito continue to sit on this case is alongside clarence thomas, who has his own ethical issues? undoubtedly. is there no avenue for accountability, joyce? >> in the short term there is no way to force justice samuel alito to recuse from the case. a powerful chief justice might be able to bring compelling reasons to bear. but, it just seems very unlikely here. we have seen, for instance, justice thomas continue to sit on cases where there is an even stronger implication that he might have an interest because of his wife's involvement in events after the election. if there's going to be a account ability, it will be long term. it will depend upon congress. there are certainly democrats on the hill who are interested in seeing some form of legislation that would impose mandatory ethical rules for the justices but that is fraught. for one thing, it is difficult in this political environment to pass those rooms and it is also constitutionally difficult to figure out what the mechanism for

scott macfarlane on how alito is responding. >> reporter: there are calls tonight for justice samuel alito to recuse himself from any cases involving the 2020 election after "the new york times" published this photo of an upside down american flag flying outside alito's home in the days after the january 6th assault on the u.s. capital. the flag come upside down, became a symbol of the stop the steal movement used by rioters and election deniers after the . >> this is a member of the supreme court, you know, people around the world are looking to them to be unbiased. >> reporter: in a statement, alito told "the new york 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. neighbors told the paper alito's wife was involved in a dispute with another family, who put an anti-trump sign on their lawn. at the time, the high court was considering 2020 election challenges, and now is weighing critical cases involving donald trump, including whether the

charles, can we talk about justice samuel alito? what is your reaction to this issue, reports of these flags in his home, now in his vacation home? especially on a day when he wrote such a significant opinion. >> there is an old football guccione said at a press conference, they are exactly who we thought they were. samuel alito is exactly who we thought he was and you do not need flags to make the decision or come to that conclusion. you can look at his words, you can look at his decisions, his opinions. south carolina being one of them. the fact that there is no congressional -- congressionally imposed code of ethics on the supreme court means nothing. because they are going to do what they are going to do. for as much as i respect and admire hakeem jeffries, at the end of the day, if this is a priority, you don't need further violations. we have seen enough, we have had so much conversation about court justices. >> even if they give him an ethics code violation, it does not mean anything. jeffries can stand up there and say if yo

. >>> 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

in an emailed statement to the new york times, samuel alito said i had no involvement whatsoever in theesponse to a neighbor's use of personally insulting language on yard signs. today, samuel alito offered this justification to fox, who posted, he told me a neighbor on their street had an f trump sign that was 50 feet from a school bus stop. and the neighbor put up a sign personally addressing mrs. alito and blaming her for the january 6 attacks. the justice said he and his wife were walking in the neighborhood 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 ev

calls are growing for supreme court justice samuel alito to recuse himself from any cases that involve a january 6th assault. donald trump come at election integrity. and this comes after photos surfaced of provocative flags linked to the cap capitol insurrection, being displayed at two homes owned by alito. cbs's scott macfarlane has the new developments. >> reporter: a political distress flag. tonight, more calls for conservative supreme court justice samuel alito to recuse himself from two pending cases involving january 6th. including on the question of whether donald trump can be prosecuted. >> the supreme court has chosen to conduct itself as if the judiciary is above the law. >> reporter: this amid reports by "the new york times" an "appeal to heaven" flag was flying last summer outside alito's new jersey vacation home. the flag represented the fight for independence during the american revolution, but it took on new meaning in 2021, when it was seen wielded on the front lines by january 6th rioters. the revelation came just days after alito acknowledged an upside down u.s. flag

last week the new york times reported justice samuel alito, appointed by george w.eorge w. bush was caught flying the american flag upside down at his home a short drive from the supreme court. today the new york times reported that justice samuel alito, appointed by george w. bush, not trump, george w. bush, has been flying another flag at his summer home in new jersey. that flag says appeal to heaven. the appeal to heaven flag was carried by rioters at the capital on january 6. also known as the pinetree flag, it dates back to the revolutionary war but largely fell into obscurity in recent years and is now a symbol of support for donald trump for a religious strand of the stop the steel campaign. justice alito who, let me remind you, was appointed by george w. bush, declined to respond to questions about that flag at his vacation home. after blaming his wife for turning their american flag upside down at the other home. i had no involvement whatsoever in the flying of the flag. it was briefly placed by a misses alito in response to a neighbor's use of objectionabl

let's talk about samuel alito. his contempt for his position, his blaming of his wife, his two coup flags, and then he is the author of a ruling which says, go ahead and discriminate as long as you color it is a political discrimination, because really, he's fine with racial discrimination and gerrymandering. >> joy, i guess we gave credit to samuel alito that he gave his wife the ability to choose which flag to fly. this issue on the gerrymandering decision and all voting rights decisions that are considered by this court, is really fascinating to me because of how quickly the thomases and alitos will jump to the argument that racism is over. there is no racism in the united states anymore, and therefore, the protections against discriminated classes no longer need to be there. but all you have to do is go to certain political rallies tonight and you'll see racism on display. but set that part aside as well and to suggest that the discriminate impact of a history of racism in the united states is still not affecti

that court, that includes samuel alito and that includes clarence thomas.ts act under control, you can be confident that in the house of representatives partnering with democrats in the united statesenate will enact the first opportunity we have to engage in thorough ove■jkig and the consideration of imposing an ethical code of conduct that hor from last week talking about the issue. flags which in several times, a bit of an explainer from the washington examiner saint it was one of the primarag by patriot forces during the revolutionary war, designed washington, secretary read in 1775. it features a pine tree along with the words and appeal to have displayed above. in has deep symbolism as a symbol of new england dating to the revolution, already representing the lucrative shxeipbung< indit took on new in ]? in new hash colonial acts of resistance against the british empire. that was one of the flags flown at the vacation home reportedly inew jer one of two of recent causing these reactions from capitol hill and other places. ttg. e er: thank you for takin

only in the perversions of samuel alito's brain does it make perfect sense.ghbor 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 apply to any other judge because samuel alito should be recused from any case involving donald trump. no member of the united states senate in history has done more to expose scandal and structural unfairness at the supreme court than our next guest. joining us now is senator sheldon whitehouse. he is also the author of the scheme. how is right wing used dark money to capture the supreme court. senator whitehouse, thank you very much for joining us. of course it wou

. >> samuel alito and clarence thomas are totally out of control. >> outrage is the supreme -- as samuel alito remained silent. >> in the senate, we have gavels. there should be subpoenas going up. >> should the chief justice have to answer for an out-of- control court? >>> as we await jury instructions in new york. >> i did everything right and they indicted me. >> george conway on the man nikki haley just indoors. >> do you think donald trump would follow the constitution if he were elected to a second term? >> i don't know. >> the american doctor who shot these unbelievable scenes inside a gaza hospital and he will join me live. all in starts right now . >>> good evening from new york. i'm chris hayes. it's been 24 hours since reporting by "the new york times" revealed that a flag championed by the far right christian national movement, displayed widely by january 6 insurrectionist as they storm thedonald trump also flew all summer long last year over the beachhouse of supreme court justice samuel alito. that news about that flag came days after we learned that his home in virginia al

conservative supreme court justice samuel alito tells congress he won't step aside from trump-related cases before the high court. what's behind the call for him to recuse and what he said about his wife's central role in the controversy. >>> all charges dropped against pro golfer scottie scheffler. plus, the leaked video just out showing him being questioned moments after his arrest. what the golfer told police and why he says he has no ill will. >>> emergency landing. the moment a plane landed on a busy highway as drivers filmed it all. >>> how the mlb is rewriting the record books to honor the hits, home runs, and milestones of some of history's greatest players. >>> the panda-plomacy breakthrough. the furry effort to bring the favorites back to the national zoo. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening, and welcome. and now we wait. the fate of donald j. trump, former president of the united states, and now criminal defendant, is tonight in the hands of a manhattan jury. the seven men and five women deliberating for 4 1/2 hours today on whether m

edward isaac devere points out that samuel alito does not explain why his wife's reaction to that sign insulted was to hang an american flag upside down in the days after january's next. the host of the daily goes further, writing that crucially, they don't deny that the flag was flying upside down, they don't deny the meaning, they don't express disapproval and don't disavow it. the new york times reports that given the timing and starkness of the symbol, neighbors interpreted that as a political statement by the couple. now we have not one but two supreme court justices who appear to be at least openly in support of one political candidate and neither samuel alito nor clarence thomas recused themselves from cases currently being decided by this court. right now, directly influencing how donald trump and other january 6 defendants can be prosecuted for their alleged crimes. democrats are calling on samuel alito to recuse himself immediately including the senate judiciary chairman who said "flying in upside down american flag clearly creates the appearance of bias. the justice should r

we turn now to the new flag controversy for supreme court justice samuel alito, just days after responding to an upside down american flag at his home. another flag is raising questions. abc's christiane cordero explains. christiane. good morning. andrew >> good morning. justice alito. supporters say the flag dates back to early american history, but his critics say it raises questions about whether alito can be unbiased in cases related to january 6th. controversy in the air after the new york times published photos of this flag at supreme court, justice samuel alito, beach house some linking the flag to the january sixth rioters, the flag seen here among the crowd storming the capitol. >> what is justice samuel alito doing displaying this flag which is so politically sensitive, which appears to connote an opinion? >> the flag depicts a pine tree with the words appeal to heaven. it dates back to the revolutionary war, but has more recently been linked to christian nationalism and a religious strand of the so-called stop the steal movement. after the 2020 election, it's unclear who placed

one of our supreme court justices, samuel alito, had an upside down american flag flying over his housejanuary 6th. and subsequently amazing thing is that after alito gave a brief statement to the times confirming the report, he ran to a fox news host, saying his neighbor put up a derogatory sign about donald trump. his wife spoke to him about it and the colorization was not well received. his wife said to make some sort of statement by hanging the american flag upside down outside their home. okay. i know that we have to take alito's word for it about his neighbors sign but let's say that were true. it changes nothing about what a shocking story this is. investigators reporter geordie can jodi kantor with the "new york times" joins me now. first, let's start with the semiotics of that flag. because part of what is striking to me is that it is a pretty deep cut. it was a symbol that was known in a fairly small part of american political life, but its meaning was clear to those people that did no. >> so, upside down american flags have been used to protest many things, and many sides at

the new york times reports that justice samuel alito flew a flag used by stop the steal still supporters. >> and some christian nationalists above his second home. >> a top democrats says, alito is quote, speaking pretty clearly about his political one while ties. and we're standing by for a rare white house news conference. president biden will take questions later this hour after meeting with the president of kenya, will bring it to you live i'm dana bash. let's go behind the headlines and inside politics 77 days ago, nikki haley ended her campaign without endorsing donald trump. instead, she challenged trump to earn her support and that of her voters trump has done much to answer her call, even as hundreds of thousands of republicans kept voting for her after she dropped out of the race the two haven't spoken yet, but yesterday, she reemerged from a few months away from the spotlight and said this i put my priorities on a president who's going to have the backs of our allies and hold her enemies to account who would secure the border? no more excuses. a president who understands, we n

new questions surrounding supreme court justice samuel alito after "new york times" report of a revolutionary war era flag linked to the january 6th insurrection photographed outside alito's beach house in new jersey last summer. it was an appeal to heaven flag, which became a symbol of support for donald trump's "stop the steal" campaign to overturn the 2020 election. the times previously reported in other "stop the steal symbol," an upside down american flag, was flown outside alito's home in virginia in january of 2021. 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

times reporting a second controversial flag was flown in the home owned by a family of justice, samuel alito, as we mentioned, the appeal to heaven flag was seen at the alito it's new jersey beach home last summer, according to the times the flag dates back to the revolutionary war and it's become a symbol of the stop the steal movement that falsely claims biden lost the 2020 election. this follows a separate new york times important last week about an upside american flag at the alito home in virginia two years ago. joining me as former fbi director james comey, who's the author for new fictional crime novel called westport i want to start with justice alito. there's reporting that he flew or his family flu two different flags that are associated with january 6 over his homes at different times is that at all acceptable know it's deeply concerning. >> i don't understand enough about this second flag. i'm no expert in extremist flag waving. but they're both very concerning for someone in his position because public trust and confidence is everything in the institutions of justice, as you kno

democrati democratic leaders have expressed outrage. >> samuel alito and clarence thomas are totally out of control. >> reporter: justice thomas' wife ginny has recently said she and her husband don't discuss their work with each other. alito is among the most conservative on the court but asserted ignorance that the flags are associated with anger and january 6. i was unaware of any connection between this flag and the stop-the-steal movement. neither was my wife. 18 democrats signed a letter to chief justice roberts, asking if this violates the court's code of conduct adopted last november and urging him to enforce that code. >>> secretary of state antony blinken is in prague this morning as part of a multi-day meeting with nato foreign ministers. earlier at a press conference, blinken made headlines by leaving the door open to a key shift in u.s. policy. allowing american weapons to be fired into russia-federated territory. >> we haven't encouraged or strike strikes outside ukraine. we are going to make sure sthey have the equipment to defend themselves. >> reporter: just a couple

have you with us. >> another provocative flags outside of home belonging to supreme court justice samuel alito, causing new controversy this morning, the new york times was first to report the appeal to heaven flag that was seen on display at alito's newark, new jersey vacation home last summer. >> the flag dates back to the revolutionary war, but it's become a symbol of the stop, the steal movement, especially the christian wing and was used by trump's supporters during the january 6 riot at the us capitol alito and the supreme court have not responded to requests for comment. >> this is now the second time alito has been found to be flying a controversial flag at one of his properties last week. the times published a photo of an upside-down american flag flown at alito's home in virginia in 2021 the. justice said that the flag was raised by his wife in response to a spat with neighbors meanwhile also this yesterday, former trump rival nikki haley, now saying that she will vote for the former president in november this was not however, an an explicit endorsement trump has not been perfect on

as they passed the house on the way out of the neighborhood, the wife of samuel alito appeared to spithe called mrs. 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 down flag until it was called to my attention. i don't know, i feel like i would notice it outside my house, but i don't

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 blamed his wife, telling "the times," i had no involvement whatsoever in the flying of the flag. it was

. >>> justice samuel alito under fire over this photo of an upside down american flag outside his home days after january 6th. >>> he starred in hit movies like "tootsie" and "9 to 5," remembering dabney coleman. >>> three olympic champs facing off on the road to paris. >> announcer: this "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening, and welcome. music smokele sean "diddy" combs facing a new round of negative public scrutiny tonight after the surfacing of disturbing surveillance video, which i'll warn we're about to show in a moment, first obtained by cnn of what appears to be mr. combs physically assaulting his former girlfriend, cassie ventura, in the hallway of a los angeles hotel. the video believed to be from 2016 appears to closely mirror ventura's account of the incident as she detailed it for a federal lawsuit filed last year and that resulted in an undisclosed settlement between the pair. combs, who has denied previous domestic violence allegations, is right now the subject of a separate federal criminal investigation. chloe melas has more on this developing story. >>

maybe samuel alito should hire saudi arabia's flag guy? 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 get that! straight to the point! i am pissing my pants in fear, but i know why! yes! [cheers and applause] thank you, justice alito! god, it must be nice to own a home. >> michael: troy iwata, everyone. [cheers and applause] when we come back, i'll give you some tips for summer travel. don't go away. [cheers and applause] what's the worst part of the locker room? shareef: axe. axe. brandon: i like that. shareef: reminds me of like a designer store. brandon: this smells like a candle. shareef: is this a joke? you chose axe! brandon: i knew i had good taste! shareef: i thought that was a designer brand. [cheers and applause] >> michael: welcome back to "the daily show." it's memorial day weekend, which means summer is just about here: the time of the year when my armpits begin to resemble that swamp planet where yoda lives, and people set off for fab

. >> samuel alito warms up the bus. >> when i saw the upside down american flag, i asked my wife to take it down but she refused. >> chief justice roberts must step in and make sure that he does not have any role in deciding these cases. >> when all in starts now. >> good evening, i'm chris hayes, the criminal trial of donald trump was turned over to the jury today. 12 of trump's fellow new yorkers, i say that somewhat tongue in cheek, deliberated four-and-a-half hours today before being dismissed for the day. shortly after 4:00. this afternoon, the jury sent two notes to the judge requesting to rehear four sections of witness testimony. court will reconvene tomorrow morning at 9:30 with the court reading them back before the jury continues deliberating. now, the one consistent rule about juries is that you just do not know what they are going to do. when you put 12 random strangers in a room, the outcome is never obvious. but there are three possibilities broadly. the jury could acquit donald trump on any ieor all of the 34 counts against him. all 12 jurors have to agree on that unanimo

another one of justice, samuel alito foams. does this in your mind raised concerns about whether he can impartially serve on the us supreme court absolutely not. >> i think it is outrageous outrageous and unacceptable for people to take a flag from the american revolution and say that because some january 6 protesters fluid that it's now unacceptable to fly that flag. and i'd like to hear a democratic party politician say that expressly you know, the january 6 people flew a lot of flags. the gadsden flag don't tread on me. they don't have the right or the ability to expropriate a patriotic symbol of the united states and then have everybody else say it belongs to them and condemn sam alito or anybody else for flying that flag. i think what's unacceptable? is this rush to find some reason to criticize alito you know, i first heard about the upside down american flag as being a january 6 symbol. when i read about it in the new york times, about a week ago so i have no idea what was on justice alito's wipes mind when she flew it b

yes, there are some republicans who are offering the mild as a criticism of samuel alito saying that he probably should have exercised better judgment, but they are quick to pivot and blame his wives aligning himself with what themselves, with what alito said. putting this on his wife, this upside down flag that was out side of his house. others are saying what mitch mcconnell, the republican leader told me over this week that they should leave their democrats have leave the supreme court alone. that was the words of mitch mcconnell democrats on the other hand, say that this shows that in their view, alito cannot be impartial and must recuse himself from these two key cases involving in january is set now, as i put this question to a number of republicans, they're making clear though that they are on the line and the sayyed of alito, listen i'd take that that's what happens when you're a public figure, whether in judiciary, the us senate probably not wise. that's a sign of distress my understanding my understanding why turned upside down and our countries under a little bit, not a lit

you can see the woman silting behind samuel alito in an aquamarine top with a ruffled collar. that is martha anne alito, the person who 18 years later is a at the center of justice alito's ethics scandal. two years ago the story broke the alito had a symbol of the january 6th insurrection flying over their home days after january 6th. justice alito responded by pointing their fingers at his wife. then another flag flying at justice alito's vacation home. alito did not immediately offer an explanation. now today justice alito has broken his silence on that second flag once again pointing to his wife and declaring he will not recuse himself from any january 6th related cases. in two letters to democrats in congress justice alito writes my wife is fond of flying flags, i am not. a reasonable person who is not motivated by political or ideological considerations or a desire to effect the outcome of supreme court cases would conclude this does not meet the applicable standard for recusal. it should be noted here that many reasonable people including ethics experts and a sitting fede

the opinion, written by justice samuel alito, will make it harder for plaintiffs to make challenges likes one going forward. today president biden condemned the decision saying it undermines the basic principle that voting practices should not discriminate on account of race, and that is wrong. the president went on to say this is part of a dangerous pattern from republicans to dilute the will of black voters. speaking of the supreme court and justice alito, we talked about it last night, he is facing even more backlash, including from some republicans over new reports that not one, but now two flags carried by some january 6th rioters flew outside his homes. the flags were also used by supporters of the stop the steal movement. now some are calling for him to recuse himself from any cases tied to january 6th and donald trump's presidential immunity claim. >> if the supreme court does not get its act under control, you can be confident that democrats in the house of representatives partnering with democrats in the united states senate will act the first opportunity we have to engage in t

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

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in response, samuel alito wrote this , i had no involvement whatsoever in the flying of the flag. ly placed by mrs. alito in response to a neighbor using personally insulting language on yard signs. that statement does not denounce what the symbols stood for. i want to know if he slept on the couch that night as a result of the statement. whether he had anything to do with it, i don't understand how we did not see it. not matter what the insulting language was, why was that the response? the upside down american flag was a political symbol for a conspiratorial and not your typical republican voter. the times said it was hanging outside his home for a number of days. doesn't that break the basic tenet of all impartiality all justices should follow? it breaks their code of conduct , refraining from political activity. but he sat in the donald trump immunity case and showed no signs of recusing himself before a decision is made in the coming weeks. there lies the crisis facing the high court justices have the gall to reprimand those who question his and the courts integrity, while sim

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maybe samuel alito should hire saudi arabia's flag guy? 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 get that! straight to the point! i am pissing my pants in fear, but i know why! yes! [cheers and applause] thank you, justice alito! god, it must be nice to own a home. >> michael: troy iwata, everyone. [cheers and applause] when we come back, i'll give you some tips for summer travel. don't go away. [cheers and applause] the cantina chicken quesadilla isn't just for late night. because it has a perfect slow-roasted chicken to melted cheese ratio. that's chicken on the inside, cheese everywhere else. introducing the new cantina chicken quesadilla, only at taco bell. sfx: bong! i love this place, but i need better credit. bad credit? you could just open a new card. but you kinda need... ugh. sfx: [phone buzz] wow, i could build my credit that fast? nice. everything you need to outsmart the system. intuit credit karma. [cheers and applause] >> michae

there were upside-down american flags flown on january 6, one flown at justice samuel alito's house.nd now the new york times times has new reporting on what some alleged should be the confrontation that led to the alitos or mrs. alito flying that flag upside down in new information that another family on the block actually called the police to talk about what was going on. let's get right to supreme court analyst joan trump is cubic with us right now. so joe, what are we learning good to see you, john? >> yes. the saga continues, but just to remind everyone about why we care about this, that flag that you just showed was a symbol of the stop the steal movement. it was flown at the alito home right after january 6 when pro-trump supporters stormed the capital complaining about the election results that gave the election validly to joe biden. and it just further bringing in the context john, right now the supreme court itself, with samuel alito, is considering two important cases arising from those events one, weather, the january 6 rioters should be charged under an obstruction crimi

and there's nothing to stop them from doing what clarence thomas is doing that with samuel alito's doinghings that have been happening since bush vigour and 2000. and this goes beyond perception. >> i mean, they, they have agreed that perception matters and then they ignored what they agreed to. >> it goes beyond that. it goes it shows that the independent branch of our government that we've depended on for 250 years is no longer independent they become a part of the republican party doing their bidding. >> so there's no surprise that republican leaders come out and say, it's outrageous. >> we're having this conversation. >> it is outrageous. we're having this conversation, but not for the reasons they're said let me ask you about some other headlines. i know sarah, i saw, you were putting out a lot of statements about this. nikki haley announcing yesterday that she is going to be voting for donald trump and just remind folks, this is after, which was a pretty brutal primary eventually between those two. listen to this at some point, maybe we should say the reason that america keeps losi