Harsh. He needs to be forced to eat ice-cream of a flavour he dislikes, such as anything with liquorice or anything with mint. Or, docked a week's pay.
Speaking for "all of humanity": The punishment should fit the crime. Maybe he should be impeached, but not for this. Fighting with neighbours is part of life; Alito needs to be forced to eat ice-cream of a flavour he dislikes, such as anything with liquorice or anything with mint. Or docked a week's pay. But in general, you, America, need an enforcement mechanism for your SCOTUS code-of-ethics. (For comparison: last year we got rid of a 🍁SCOTUS judge, Russell Brown, for getting drunk and handsy in Vegas. No corruption, no politics, just embarrassing the court.)
@rack9458 I you think this effects just Democrats, you're in for a big surprise. While it may not effect you today, you never know what tomorrow will bring. Will you cry then?
True, however Alito's front yard is also his and he has responsibility over that. Just because his wife supposedly did it does not recuse him. He is still responsible.@@rack9458
That's the problem, Roberts agrees with Alito and Thomas. Because the fact is, IF Roberts was bothered by the biased, unseemly conduct displayed by Alito and Thomas, he would have done something about it. We need to overhaul SCOTUS. The days of Lifetime appointments should be OVER.
Agree 100%. Roberts' bland exterior conceals as bigoted a rightwing ideologue as Alito and Thomas. Of course he won't do anything about them, he's as corrupt as they are, with his wife earning millions as a headhunter for Repubs.
@@donsmith9158By voting for President, the people are voting for Justices. The people need to be educated this is part of the deal. I don’t want to be in a country where every lawyer with a state bar can run for Supreme Court justice. Right now, a President is not remotely considering all licensed lawyers.
@@jakemccoy We didn't vote for Roberts, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, or Barrett by that measure - all were appointed by presidents that failed to win the popular vote. Which, I agree, they need to go along with Alito and Thomas. I had an unavoidable conversation with a MAGA the other day - they were shocked to learn that Governors of a state govern the entire state. What we need are citizens to be educated, which the GOP has been against since the 1970's. An educated electorate won't vote for conservative policy because it's anti-life and anti-logical.
Both require a constitutional amendment. The house, senate, and white house cannot change the terms of how SCotUS operates without tearing up the constitution. Which, looking over the leaks of operation 2025, they will do if trump is once again appointed.
@@caronstout354- it’s a job. Five years is ample. Keep fresh blood flowing. 25 years is way too long. Society changes, and so should the membership of SCOTUS.
If Alito were a real man he wouldn't blame his wife in public even if she really did it. And if she did it he should recuse himself from the appropriate cases
Winning combination for the Republicans. Think of the many Repub traitors currently in Congress who refused to certify the election results, election deniers like House Speaker Mike Johnson, second in line to the Presidency. Apparently being a traitor is no barrier to high office, for the GOP. Lincoln would turn in his grave if he saw today's Repubs.
What a wonderful way to show your impartiality... Article 3, Section 1: "The Judges, both of the supreme and inferior Courts, shall hold their Offices *_during good Behaviour..."_*
Need entire congress to go blue and white house. Then day one reform to federal courts including scotus. There must be ethical rules and real enforcement. There needs to be outside group to make justices recuse if there is conflict of interest. They have shown they cannot police themselves so a group of nonpartisan retired judges must run scotus. No.one and no branch is above law.
It’s interesting how certain people were having kittens over football players kneeling during the national anthem but it’s ok for Supreme Court judge to put an American flag upside down. It doesn’t surprise me that he blamed his wife. He’s another one who should wear a yellow robe. The man’s a coward.
That's the difference between good honest American patriots and those GQP/republicans/magats that follow the orange stained traitor - to prison, to court, to election losses, to the current congress circus. Yes, these cowards are traitors to their very country they proclaim to love.
Yes, the country is in distress when the one branch of government that we need to depend on to be non-partisan, devolves into a group of poiticians. It pains me to hear now when anyone talks about a judge that they feel they have to point out who appointed them as if to color their every decision. Mitch McConnell and others absolutely have ruined our judiciary. Truly sad.😥
He isn't and perhaps he won't. What then? He needs to be impeached as well, right along with Alito and Thomas. We need SC judges to be above reproach, and not be corrupt.
Totally agree with you, Rachel, but if you really think Roberts will do anything, then you can't have been watching him. He's got no more leadership in him than a sack of potatoes. If he had an ounce of spine, he would have dealt with Alito and Thomas years ago. He's not fit to be on the Supreme Court, let alone Chief Justice.
Actually after the death of RBG, Alito lost his check as Thomas lost his after the death of Scalia. Now they have both slithered into the rabbit hole of originalist FASCISM ! Roberts looks on with vicarious glee !
We need to institutie oversight with REAL repercussions for violations and term limits for Supreme Court justices. Enough is enough. I am sincerely hoping we can get a Democratic majority with all 3 Houses so eventually, these things can come to pass. Otherwise, with Republicans blocking any and every bill, things will continue as they are.
At some point, which is now, embarrassment and world opinion should mean nothing. ACTION is required. Big girl pants need to go on, consequences need to happen.
I'll say this about Alito. Whether the idea to fly the upside-down flag was his idea of his wife's, he should recuse himself from all votes involving January 6th. As should Thomas, due to his wife's involvement in the conspiracy.
8 U.S. Code § 700 - Desecration of the flag of the United States; penalties. Whoever knowingly mutilates, defaces, physically defiles, burns, maintains on the floor or ground, or tramples upon any flag of the United States shall be fined under this title or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both.
The true issue here is lifetime appointments and SCOTUS interpretation of Article III. Article III was interpreted by the very people who benefited the most by the misinterpretation. Any challenge to this interpretation would be heard and ruled upon by: You guessed it! it is a judicial catch-22. One remedy is to amend Article III which is very highly unlikely. Another remedy (Which I am resistant to) would be to expand the court, But who's to say the new justices would vote to limit their own power.
No other Western Democracy has lifetime tenure for Supreme Cour justices. For example, Countries like Australia, New Zealand, Israel, and the U.K. require justices to retire at age 70; for Canada it's 75; Germany allows its federal judges to serve only 12 years; in Argentina, supreme court justices serve until age 75, at which point they can stay for five-year terms pending approval from the president and the Senate; Colombia's most recent constitution, enacted in 1991, created a supreme court with 23 judges who serve nonrenewable eight-year terms.
Get rid of the present SCOTUS judges, they are too political. SCOTUS judges should be selected by the American Bar Association Board of Governors, which consists of 43 members. SCOTUS judges should be limited to two 5 year terms. A 'code of conduct' should be applied, if any judge breaks the code of conduct, they can be removed, by a majority vote of the other SCOTUS judges, or by the Board of Governors of the ABA.
Signaling support for the refusal to turn over power peacefully is absolutely an impeachable offense. And supreme Court justices can indeed be impeached. In the interim, Alito and Thomas should recuse themselves from the Trump presidential immunity case. Does Justice Roberts have any shred of respect for his place in our country and in history? So far the answer is no.
The obvious problem is the conflict between calling "Justice" blind and then appointing judges to the highest court in the land based on their political leanings. The concept and the practice are in opposition to each other.
And it sounds so much like they have the type of relationship in which his wife would be the one to unilaterally take charge of the flag in the yard. Sorry Alito, your wife didn’t keep you in the loop and now you’re being called out by the principal and in trouble when it should be your wife! 😂
Let the Robert's Court go down as the most corrupt and partisan in our history.
No question.
It's getting up there.
That happened a long time ago.
Pleeeeeeze. 'Unconstitutional'.... no separation of the three branches of government. They are just Trump's little bitches.
Done.
JUSTICE ALITO NEEDS TO BE IMPEACHED.
Hey, he's a LONG step behind Uncle Thomas on that front!
Repuglicans wouldn't impeach trump, let alone their Supreme Court. They need to keep losing elections everywhere.
Harsh. He needs to be forced to eat ice-cream of a flavour he dislikes, such as anything with liquorice or anything with mint. Or, docked a week's pay.
@@wendigo53 He needs removed from SC-----he has disgraced our Constitution, & spit on the Rule of Law, not to mention the American people.
This man has zero business being a judge no less a supreme court judge. He needs to be removed.
The alarm bells should be ringing loudly for all Americans and all of humanity.
Speaking for "all of humanity": The punishment should fit the crime. Maybe he should be impeached, but not for this. Fighting with neighbours is part of life; Alito needs to be forced to eat ice-cream of a flavour he dislikes, such as anything with liquorice or anything with mint. Or docked a week's pay. But in general, you, America, need an enforcement mechanism for your SCOTUS code-of-ethics. (For comparison: last year we got rid of a 🍁SCOTUS judge, Russell Brown, for getting drunk and handsy in Vegas. No corruption, no politics, just embarrassing the court.)
It tells you and shows you exactly who he is and what he really stands for.
Alito is a SS∀qW∩p traitor. LOL on blaming the wife.
It’s fascism.
still has the right to his opinion, whether or not it pleases you.
Full disclosure: I despise the man for his ideology.
@ThatOpalGuy
I must disagree
Yes we should all have the right to our opinion.
But there needs to be boundaries,,you don't need to be offensive
Keep crying😢
@rack9458
I you think this effects just Democrats, you're in for a big surprise. While it may not effect you today, you never know what tomorrow will bring.
Will you cry then?
@@sue7734 No, no, no. It's about Democrat Drama Queens! Amazing that someone that has never lived under true fascism throws the term around so freely.
Supreme Court Justices need oversight. This is something most people in positions requiring non-partisan behavior would not do. Unacceptable.
Dick Durbin and Sheldon Whitehouse don't seem to care. Very timid in their criticisms, there's never any immediacy to actually do anything.
The govt has no control over what a spouse decides to post online or in the front yard!
True, however Alito's front yard is also his and he has responsibility over that. Just because his wife supposedly did it does not recuse him. He is still responsible.@@rack9458
Don’t make it right though. Still some sorry ass behavior from a sc justice.
@@dewardroy6531 Like the judge prosecuting Trump that supports and contributed to Bidens campaign?
That's the problem, Roberts agrees with Alito and Thomas. Because the fact is, IF Roberts was bothered by the biased, unseemly conduct displayed by Alito and Thomas, he would have done something about it. We need to overhaul SCOTUS. The days of Lifetime appointments should be OVER.
All of them showed us who they are, a long time ago. It’s our fault (that we’re upset) for expecting them to be up to our standards.
Make the positions to be voted by the people.
Agree 100%. Roberts' bland exterior conceals as bigoted a rightwing ideologue as Alito and Thomas. Of course he won't do anything about them, he's as corrupt as they are, with his wife earning millions as a headhunter for Repubs.
@@donsmith9158By voting for President, the people are voting for Justices. The people need to be educated this is part of the deal. I don’t want to be in a country where every lawyer with a state bar can run for Supreme Court justice. Right now, a President is not remotely considering all licensed lawyers.
@@jakemccoy We didn't vote for Roberts, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, or Barrett by that measure - all were appointed by presidents that failed to win the popular vote. Which, I agree, they need to go along with Alito and Thomas. I had an unavoidable conversation with a MAGA the other day - they were shocked to learn that Governors of a state govern the entire state. What we need are citizens to be educated, which the GOP has been against since the 1970's. An educated electorate won't vote for conservative policy because it's anti-life and anti-logical.
Robert’s legacy is trash
FASCIST supreme traitor
Biden sure is. He be in prison with his good old son.
We all know that smug Sam is totally corrupt and a liar.
He is a disgrace to the office he holds and to America. Resign and take down your flag.
UNACCEPTABLE!!
Alito should be impeached and disbarred.
YES, yes, YES! THANK YOU!
It is time for the Senate to create rule and regulations that SCOTUS must abide by, and term limits are a must.
Both require a constitutional amendment. The house, senate, and white house cannot change the terms of how SCotUS operates without tearing up the constitution. Which, looking over the leaks of operation 2025, they will do if trump is once again appointed.
A term limit of no more than 25 years- the average length of a generation of people.
@@caronstout354- it’s a job. Five years is ample. Keep fresh blood flowing. 25 years is way too long. Society changes, and so should the membership of SCOTUS.
NO more Lifetime appointments...PERIOD.
@@caronstout35415 years. Less even. Maybe 10. A bad court can ruin the nation, as we are discovering…
If Alito were a real man he wouldn't blame his wife in public even if she really did it. And if she did it he should recuse himself from the appropriate cases
He's not a real man.
Alito is a firm member of the "Seven Mountains Mandate" Christian Dominionist plot to end democracy.
Traitorous criminal, and also Supreme Court justice. Wow.
Winning combination for the Republicans. Think of the many Repub traitors currently in Congress who refused to certify the election results, election deniers like House Speaker Mike Johnson, second in line to the Presidency. Apparently being a traitor is no barrier to high office, for the GOP. Lincoln would turn in his grave if he saw today's Repubs.
Alito and thomas need to go. They are both despicable traitors
What a wonderful way to show your impartiality...
Article 3, Section 1: "The Judges, both of the supreme and inferior Courts, shall hold their Offices *_during good Behaviour..."_*
Need entire congress to go blue and white house. Then day one reform to federal courts including scotus. There must be ethical rules and real enforcement. There needs to be outside group to make justices recuse if there is conflict of interest. They have shown they cannot police themselves so a group of nonpartisan retired judges must run scotus. No.one and no branch is above law.
Biden needs to add more Justices next term. Vote blue.
It’s interesting how certain people were having kittens over football players kneeling during the national anthem but it’s ok for Supreme Court judge to put an American flag upside down. It doesn’t surprise me that he blamed his wife. He’s another one who should wear a yellow robe. The man’s a coward.
Judge Alito served in the U.S. army reserve. You shouldn't throw the word "coward" around.
That's the difference between good honest American patriots and those GQP/republicans/magats that follow the orange stained traitor - to prison, to court, to election losses, to the current congress circus. Yes, these cowards are traitors to their very country they proclaim to love.
@@wendigo53 He is a coward. I will say it once and I will say it 10000 times because that’s what he is.
@@wendigo53 You shouldn’t tell people what to do
Anyone with 10 fingers and a heartbeat can serve in the reserves. Not all are heros and not all are doing it for their country.
Alito follows the Thomas template.
The SCOTUS excuse equivalent of 'the dog ate my homework'.
I thought the exact same thing!!
Yes, the country is in distress when the one branch of government that we need to depend on to be non-partisan, devolves into a group of poiticians. It pains me to hear now when anyone talks about a judge that they feel they have to point out who appointed them as if to color their every decision. Mitch McConnell and others absolutely have ruined our judiciary. Truly sad.😥
McConnell is absolutely to blame for for the current state of the government. Putrid old prune!
Roberts needs to get his house in order ... the corruption and gross partisanship of the Roberts Court is a complete embarrassment to America!
Too late.
Roberts is part and parcel of the problem. He considers this "Just fine".
Roberts does not have the authority to remove a sitting justice.
He can speak up publicly.
Roberts is as partisan as his buddies.
He isn't and perhaps he won't. What then? He needs to be impeached as well, right along with Alito and Thomas. We need SC judges to be above reproach, and not be corrupt.
It was in Jan 2021!!
Why are we just hearing about this now?
Good question
Hell
yeah?????
That is the $6 Million dollar question of the day! Who sat on this story for 3 years?
Totally agree with you, Rachel, but if you really think Roberts will do anything, then you can't have been watching him. He's got no more leadership in him than a sack of potatoes. If he had an ounce of spine, he would have dealt with Alito and Thomas years ago. He's not fit to be on the Supreme Court, let alone Chief Justice.
Lawrence, Alex and Rachel…great reporting!
Judge said his wife done it. LMAO..😂😂
SCOTUS IS ILLEGITIMATE..!!!
I heard someone say...
RBG kept Alito in line.
Now that she is gone, Alito has lost his mind.
Don’t be an idiot. Scotus is not illegitimate.
Alito is not intelligent enough to "lose his mine."
Actually after the death of RBG, Alito lost his check as Thomas lost his after the death of Scalia. Now they have both slithered into the rabbit hole of originalist FASCISM ! Roberts looks on with vicarious glee !
I don't know anything about 'someone' saying anything about RGB controlling Alito.
I do know what I see.
Since her passing SCOTUS has gone to hell.
Alito wants to be Roland Freisler and Thomas wants to be a lawn jockey.
No, Tim Scott already claimed that position.
When you lower yourself to posting a racist comment, You are no better than they.
So much for declaring your bias. Pretty damned obvious, Samuel, isn't it?
How can a judge render a just decision when he openly supports a political agenda, he should resign his position and step down immediately
And we all know that will happen right after tfg accepts accountability for anything.
Get the traitor out and take Thomas with you
"not elected" "no term limits" "no over sight" "Full of power"
Yea, but nothing will happen.
I agree that WE will not see accountability, but it would turn my stomach to give your post a like.
Absolutely, nothing ever does
THEY ARE THE KINGS OF OUR NATION!!!! Totally unacceptable.
❤KEEP AMERICA BLUE ❤
Gee I thought SCOTUS was supposed to be NON partisan. Any myth shattered.
We need to institutie oversight with REAL repercussions for violations and term limits for Supreme Court justices. Enough is enough. I am sincerely hoping we can get a Democratic majority with all 3 Houses so eventually, these things can come to pass. Otherwise, with Republicans blocking any and every bill, things will continue as they are.
🎉The whole world is watching and laughing at America.We should feel so embarrassed.
with the former president and the justice system🎉
At some point, which is now, embarrassment and world opinion should mean nothing.
ACTION is required.
Big girl pants need to go on, consequences need to happen.
It truly amazing how him and Thomas are just thumbing their nose at Scotus and the American people and not trying to hide their partisan hypocrisy
I'll say this about Alito. Whether the idea to fly the upside-down flag was his idea of his wife's, he should recuse himself from all votes involving January 6th. As should Thomas, due to his wife's involvement in the conspiracy.
My dog ate my homework
8 U.S. Code § 700 - Desecration of the flag of the United States; penalties. Whoever knowingly mutilates, defaces, physically defiles, burns, maintains on the floor or ground, or tramples upon any flag of the United States shall be fined under this title or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both.
He doesn’t even have the guts to take credit for his bull.
The true issue here is lifetime appointments and SCOTUS interpretation of Article III. Article III was interpreted by the very people who benefited the most by the misinterpretation. Any challenge to this interpretation would be heard and ruled upon by: You guessed it! it is a judicial catch-22.
One remedy is to amend Article III which is very highly unlikely. Another remedy (Which I am resistant to) would be to expand the court, But who's to say the new justices would vote to limit their own power.
There needs to be a mechanism for holding these lifetime appointees to their sworn oaths.
No other Western Democracy has lifetime tenure for Supreme Cour justices. For example, Countries like Australia, New Zealand, Israel, and the U.K. require justices to retire at age 70; for Canada it's 75; Germany allows its federal judges to serve only 12 years; in Argentina, supreme court justices serve until age 75, at which point they can stay for five-year terms pending approval from the president and the Senate; Colombia's most recent constitution, enacted in 1991, created a supreme court with 23 judges who serve nonrenewable eight-year terms.
Why should the judge care, nothing will happen to him.
Threw his wife under the bus. WOW.
judge gets judged
Weighed, measured and found wanting.
Get rid of the present SCOTUS judges, they are too political.
SCOTUS judges should be selected by the American Bar Association Board of Governors, which consists of 43 members.
SCOTUS judges should be limited to two 5 year terms.
A 'code of conduct' should be applied, if any judge breaks the code of conduct, they can be removed, by a majority vote of the other SCOTUS judges, or by the Board of Governors of the ABA.
SCOTUS IS ILLEGITIMATE..!!!
Let me guess… nothing will come of it
This court could be dissolved for some of the political nonsense.
what has happened to america today? It’s not the America of the past. So is the scotus.
Justice Alito should immediately resign from the US Supreme Court. His behavior is totally disgusting!
If this is not reason for Biden to expand the Supreme Court then wtf is?!
Next, The Supreme Court judges would claimed the the US Mints or Treasury is their own personal ATM. Unlimited funds for life 😡👎
Sounds like it's time to impeach Alito.
Why are people so surprised by this revelation....I find the surprise that is being expressed, very surprising.
How sad and embarrassing, Dem constituents have not protested ONCE outside the Court.
🛋️
That was a lot of words to say: Supreme Court Justices shouldn't be doing that.
What is his problem, I am so happy he is our supreme court judge, WRONG! God help us!
Signaling support for the refusal to turn over power peacefully is absolutely an impeachable offense. And supreme Court justices can indeed be impeached. In the interim, Alito and Thomas should recuse themselves from the Trump presidential immunity case. Does Justice Roberts have any shred of respect for his place in our country and in history? So far the answer is no.
The obvious problem is the conflict between calling "Justice" blind and then appointing judges to the highest court in the land based on their political leanings. The concept and the practice are in opposition to each other.
Pretty much how the Roman republic fell.
He is a disgrace. The court is sullied completely.
Ted Cruz went to cancun and it was his kids fault, My wife's fault seems right in line.
Both Alito and Thomas should be impeached!
Aren't they suppose to weed these types of people out before getting hired.
The fix: appropriately expand the court and appoint a new chief justice. Unfortunately, easier said than done.
Why did it take this long for this to be brought forward?
Heres the problem with our Supreme Court. What can he realistically do about it?
Roberts will do nothing or is powerless to do anything. I'm betting on the coward side of things.
This man should have been fired immediately. This is just sickening. There are no consequences for these idiots.
Awful nice of Alito to dox his neighbor for a political sign.
Cheif Justice Roberts is the problem!
HOW LOW CAN AMERICA GO ?
America is in hospice care.
Own up to it…
Just another reason presidential elections are so important. Just think what scourge Trump will appoint if given the opportunity.
why 3 years to HEAR ABOUT IT???
Hubris demands comeuppance
It's a conflict of interest and he should be disbarred for it.
People's personal lives along with decisions regarding their bodies have no business in government "ever"!😬
We need to stack the Supreme Court!!!
The dog ate my homework ,disgraceful.
Alito tried to blame his wife for the upside down flag!
TBD: why did this 3.5-year-old incident come out in the media now, in May 2024?
Rachel Maddow will have a great time again when Trump win another term this year. I can’t wait to see her reaction.
My dog ate my homework
beyond.
I guess that's another use for a conservative wife Rutker didn't mention.
And it sounds so much like they have the type of relationship in which his wife would be the one to unilaterally take charge of the flag in the yard. Sorry Alito, your wife didn’t keep you in the loop and now you’re being called out by the principal and in trouble when it should be your wife! 😂
GET RID OD ALITO
Why no one can tell him he is fire?
It is disturbing😣
Which president elected this person😧
I think Alito drinks...
Coward blamed his wife.
Dictators without recourse?
So what was that address?