A recent audit revealed that 131 federal judges illegally presided over 685 cases in which they had conflicts of interest; nothing was done about it - what a shock
Justice Sotomayor refused to recuse herself from a case involving the publisher of her book, a company that was actively paying her for the book and paying for her to travel around the country and promote it.
The Appeal to Heaven flag flew proudly out front of San Francisco government buildings until very recently. Even after the pics of Alito's home were made public.
I've said it before, and I'll say it again. Freedom of speech and freedom of expression are solely reserved for one political party and one segment of the population ONLY! Others in America, especially Republicans and Christian conservatives do not have those rights!
Double standards for democrats who believe the law doesn’t apply to them. That’s what part of the CR bill was for. Any crime they commit they get a free pass
@@1234crevis According to the U.S. Flag Code, flying the American flag upside down is traditionally a signal of “dire distress." Go ahead with your next fictional comment. We're waiting.
The Appeal to Heaven flag was designed by Colonel Joseph Reed, who served as the personal secretary to George Washington. Originally commissioned for use on six military cruiser ships, the flag was adopted on October 21, 1775. It became the official Massachusetts navy flag in 1776. Washington's secretary chose a simple yet impactful design featuring a singular pine tree, a symbol of strength and resiliency within the New England states. The words “An Appeal to Heaven" stretch atop a white field, boldly proclaiming an appeal to God to save the colonists from the King's oppressive ruling.
@@ChesterSm-ge1hb: You completely missed President Wilson’s Weaponizing the FBI during WWI to attack the Union Leader and imprisoned him for speaking out against the War! That was not even the first Democratic attack against the Constitution of the United States.
How can that judge Michael Ponsor continue to be a judge with such a partisan behavior? The only thing he had to do is apologize and no penalty or punishment happens to him. Even a kid can apologize and still continue the bad behavior knowing there is no real consequences.
Federalist# 78 "Hence it is, that there can be but few men in the society who will have sufficient skill in the laws to qualify them for the stations of judges. And making the proper deductions for the ordinary depravity of human nature, the number must be still smaller of those who unite the requisite integrity with the requisite knowledge." ALEXANDER HAMILTON
You have to love democrats proposing passing UNCONSTITUTIONAL restrictions on the Supreme Court judges they don't like... they forget it is 3 separate but equal branches of government... LOL
So, a judge is calling out the ethics of another judge by ignoring the ethics he was under. A clown and hypocrite. He should be removed because it is now obvious he doesn’t feel obliged to remain in bounds of established law.
We citizens are held to a standard, We Americans must hold these politicians and judges and civil servants accountable for their actions. I had a standard and conduct that required me to act in the interest of my country and the American People. Why do these people get away with not holding this standard and living up to the oath they swore?
I think Ponzer’s apology was sufficient for what he did. He showed 1000000x more integrity than NYTimes, CNN, MSNBC, ABC, the woke activists parading around as prosecutors that don’t prosecute, school boards allowing porn and left ideology into impressionable children’s curriculum. These people are the ones who need to apologize. But they won’t, they have some lame moral hustle that people bought to justify themselves. He had a strong opinion, expressed it poorly and apologized reasonably for doing so.
I don't associate any flag with Trump except the one that says Trump on it. It's nobody's business except Alito what flag he flies. That said, flying the US flag upside down is a distress signal and should not be subverted by politics. It was certainly a poor choice by Alito.
Being a justice in our highest court of law and unable to criticize your own equally influential coworkers is just…. Damn. I don’t think we even have the right to call ourselves free after this.
SCOTUS is on a higher level. There is nothing equal to SCOTUS. To be honest we weren’t free during the plandemic and the establishment is trying to bring it back. That’s why the first bill failed.
here is another point Congress can shut up about creating ethics code for Supreme Court, separate but equal and of course considering how many members of Congress have got there own ethics issues this is hypocrisy (or just another day of elected servants forgetting their role)
I my opinion his wife's decision is also he's responsible to stop her from doing it he should have explained his position, as the man of the house, yes she has a opinion but he has rules to follow, and to make matters even worse she is correct the judicial system is broken. And our government has to much power, they've already side stepped our constitution.
Ok imma be real here as much as I love Alito and all that jazz is that judge not an American citizen can he not criticize his government this is allot of what’s wrong with our country cancel culture over words is ruining this country
Sorry but flying the American flag is not illegal. In fact it is a protected right. One would think a judge would know this even if they are anti-American.
Because I am a strong conservative ,criticizing ANY public SERVANT and even USSC justices are public SERVANTS, is protected speech as there is NO such exception for USSC judges in the 1st Amendment and there are NO exceptions in any subsequent Amendments which are the ONLY legal way to alter our Bill of Rights. Anything, other than an Amendment, which alters our Bill of Rights is by definition, UNCONSTITUTIONAL. Alito is 100% wrong on this issue.
Not by a fellow sitting jurist. By definition this is a political act insodoing and is inflaming a lack of collegiality and *RESPECT* that is *ESSENTIAL* for the smooth and orderly functioning of our *FEDERAL* Judiciary. We have higher standards for said level of polity and this is reflected in their *PAY AND BENEFITS* I might add. If a removal from the Bench is what is called for in such a matter for failing to recognize this so be it😊😊
@@georgedoolittle9015 These are mere public SERVANTS. Stop the insanity of making them Kings, Queens with special rights. In fact a seat on the USSC, for any HONEST person, aka not a former lawyer, should be the easiest job in the Federal government. They have a centuries old, very short, by today's standards, rule book and their ONLY job is to make sure the very short, well known laws and rights are supported and defended according to OUR Constitution and Bill of Rights. We were to never have people of Titles [the original but never passed 13th amendment would have banned people of title]. They are our SERVANTS and must be subservient to OUR Constitution. If they violate their oath then they certainly MUST be called out for failing to obey their oath. Thanks to those who surrender our rights to our public servants, we now have a 2nd Amendment which varies state to state and even though it is perfectly clear it is not to be INFRINGED, it is INFRINGED upon on a daily basis. Such is the dishonest of the legal profession. The ONLY legal way to alter the Constitution or Bill of Rights is via the Amendment process. But again thanks to those who surrender our rights, unconstitutionally, the right to FREE SPEECH now is subject to interpretation by America's most dishonest and despicable professionals, lawyers, lawyer/politicians, lawyer/judges. If the USSC was filled with people of character and honesty, loyal to the oath they took, we would not have people on the bench who could not define a woman. We would not have discussions about men in woman's sports. We would have prisons filled with government officials, elected, appointed, hired who dared to obstruct OUR government from performing one of it's few Constitutionally MANDATED functions: "Protecting our Borders". That is how despicable the USSC has become. If these were good people most decisions would be 9-0, 8-1, or the very rare 7-2.
@@madatu Actually you can but there is only 1 legal and Constitutional Process and it is known as the Amendment Process. A great example was prohibition.
The American Flag is bound by exact rules for flying, displaying & honoring The Flag! You almost got there reporter. Upside down is a sign of surrender. Thus, It shall never be flown upside down! Wake Up America 🇺🇸 Salute 🫡
@lambertlum1087 yea, internationally the French flag is regarded as surrender. Lol. That fool just doesn't understand US law. That being said, all US government employees need to be nonpartisan. Its unimaginable to me that a person that's not elected gets to just do what they want. Like, get gifted a free rv.
Odd how transparent Politics can be. I don't agree with anything in this story, except Mrs. Alito's right to fly whatever flag she wants, and the right for the reprimanded Judge to use free speech to criticize the Surpreme Court Justice wife's actions. Because isn't that what was happening? 🤪🫤
A recent audit revealed that 131 federal judges illegally presided over 685 cases in which they had conflicts of interest; nothing was done about it - what a shock
Justice Sotomayor refused to recuse herself from a case involving the publisher of her book, a company that was actively paying her for the book and paying for her to travel around the country and promote it.
I’m sure they investigated themselves and found no wrongdoing.
The Appeal to Heaven flag flew proudly out front of San Francisco government buildings until very recently. Even after the pics of Alito's home were made public.
A judge flying a flag showing patriotism for the country & constitution that the judge swore and oath to. Oh my...
It goes against the dumpacraps💩💩💩😂😂😂😂thats all
I've said it before, and I'll say it again.
Freedom of speech and freedom of expression are solely reserved for one political party and one segment of the population ONLY!
Others in America, especially Republicans and Christian conservatives do not have those rights!
Online, yes.. In the real world, no.
They have been normal flags long before the Jan 6 protest.
Just as other symbols were fine until bad people used them, like the swastika.
But if the NEWS💩 says otherwise boy look out😂😂😂😂😂
@patmcbride9853 or the rainbow?
@@GauntletKIlol for real
@@patmcbride9853 what bad people used those two flags?
So Alito gets spanked for a flag, but crickets over Ketanji Brown Jackson appearing on Broadway?
Double standards for democrats who believe the law doesn’t apply to them. That’s what part of the CR bill was for. Any crime they commit they get a free pass
You're a moron!
Alito shouldn’t have been criticized for the patriotic flag.
@@robertewalt7789 Right... manbaby.
That's a black person its perfectly ok💩💩💩🤷🙄😂😂😂😂
Bet if he put a rainbow flag he would be praised...
Yep. Like the White House did? The other side doesn’t get it.
Ur putting our American flag upside down and putting a new America flag design up is not American! That's called being a traitor!
@@longsleevethong1457 Its a rainbow flag like go cry some more!
@@1234crevis According to the U.S. Flag Code, flying the American flag upside down is traditionally a signal of “dire distress." Go ahead with your next fictional comment. We're waiting.
@@1234crevisflying the flag upside down is legitimate and represents a distress signal. Sorry you don't know these things.
The Appeal to Heaven flag was designed by Colonel Joseph Reed, who served as the personal secretary to George Washington. Originally commissioned for use on six military cruiser ships, the flag was adopted on October 21, 1775. It became the official Massachusetts navy flag in 1776.
Washington's secretary chose a simple yet impactful design featuring a singular pine tree, a symbol of strength and resiliency within the New England states. The words “An Appeal to Heaven" stretch atop a white field, boldly proclaiming an appeal to God to save the colonists from the King's oppressive ruling.
An " Appeal to God" is offensive to people who hate God..
@@danechristmas6570 Offensive, oh my.
@@danechristmas6570😂😂😂
Ponzer should be removed from the bench
Oh the irony, committing an ethics violation while accusing someone you disagree with of one.
America is falling into the pit of stupidity.
Well Troutman, we've been in the pit-of-misery these past four years
Exactly
@@ChesterSm-ge1hb: You completely missed President Wilson’s Weaponizing the FBI during WWI to attack the Union Leader and imprisoned him for speaking out against the War! That was not even the first Democratic attack against the Constitution of the United States.
Well Free Speech and Referencing Factual Historical Facts is not Allowed in YT!
How can that judge Michael Ponsor continue to be a judge with such a partisan behavior? The only thing he had to do is apologize and no penalty or punishment happens to him. Even a kid can apologize and still continue the bad behavior knowing there is no real consequences.
I agree and think that is exactly what will happen
How can a Supreme Court Justice continue to be a judge when behaving in such a partisan manner?
It's ok when a Republican justice does it but not the other way I get it...
Not partisan at all. Alito's actions are partisan!
@@northpole8634 those aren’t his actions. It’s his wife who isn’t a judge. You should not mix facts with fantasy.
Ethics violations demands removal from the bench.
Oh the hypocrisy is strong
So Justice Alito bashed for protecting his wife's free speech
Call him in for hearings and start the impeachment process.
Wow. Seriously? But keep the female that doesn’t know what a woman is?
I agree...
REMOVE THAT JUDGE IMMEDIATLY
They also violated the constitution they were sworn to uphold
Disbar him!
But They can paint the White House with rainbow flag lights…..
It’s called Karma.
Ponzer should be disbarred and jailed
Jailed is kind of crazy 😂
Justice Alito should rein in his wife, but Judge Ponzer should rein in his mouth and observe the ethics code.
This is a good point. It’s best to stay away from controversy, even if you’re not wrong.
So NOW they want to enforce the code!
The presence of a flag at a protest march, does not change the meaning of those flags from their original meanings... Ie Get over it already...
Far - Left " Dimocrats " aren't known for critical thinking skills or candor..
Federalist# 78
"Hence it is, that there can be but few men in the society who will have sufficient skill in the laws to qualify them for the stations of judges. And making the proper deductions for the ordinary depravity of human nature, the number must be still smaller of those who unite the requisite integrity with the requisite knowledge."
ALEXANDER HAMILTON
THEY ARE SUCH HYPOCRITES!!! BUT THE JUDGE IN TRUMPS NY CASE SHOULD STAY ON……..
He will be in prison soon.
Winning!
The pot calls the kettle black.🤣
Ethics and big government do not mix.
This "new anchor" said that flying those flags are a sign of their movement but I disagree. They are patriotic and historical symbols of our country.
You have to love democrats proposing passing UNCONSTITUTIONAL restrictions on the Supreme Court judges they don't like... they forget it is 3 separate but equal branches of government... LOL
IKR? They don't even understand the Constitution.
About time...
Disbar now
The American flag flying up side down means the country is in trouble,an American tribute,love it or leave it!
God bless SAN and the work they do protecting Americans justice!
hey here's a question how much longer do you think they can keep the secret banking system a secret from the whole nation ?
He knew it was a violation but decided his increased woke street cred for being published in The New York Slimes was worth the risk.
Hmmmm, the legislative branch wanted to control the judicial branch? What could possibly go wrong?!?
About time they are corrected
Ironic that the federal judge accused SCJ Alito of being stupid.
Ironic how he's getting a formal reprimand for his informal reprimand of Alito.
Because he's a leftist clown, seeking validation from his democrat peers..
We The People need to see consequences. 🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲
Alito is a judicial politician who will not judge impartially but in accordance with his far right-wing politics.
judge foolishly violates ethics, criticizes judge for foolishly not violating ethics
So, a judge is calling out the ethics of another judge by ignoring the ethics he was under. A clown and hypocrite. He should be removed because it is now obvious he doesn’t feel obliged to remain in bounds of established law.
Since when are judges ethical?
A judge is just a lawyer who could not find clients.
Alito's wife flew the flags.
He just avoided marital strife by not stopping her.
We citizens are held to a standard, We Americans must hold these politicians and judges and civil servants accountable for their actions. I had a standard and conduct that required me to act in the interest of my country and the American People. Why do these people get away with not holding this standard and living up to the oath they swore?
Alito is a corrupt judge who should Not be sitting on the Supreme Court
And nothing will come of it. Privllledged.
Charging a judge with ethics violation by a Judge who refuses an ethics code be imposed on him.
So, a sitting judge has no first amendment rights to critisize his servants.
Got it.
Apologizing to whom? Shouldn’t the “apology” be specific? If not, is it really one?
Because when you dig a hole for another person, you will fall into it..
Alito's wife flew the flags and he wasn't going to challenge her 😂😅.
So, you don't have freedom of speech,to criticize the government.... Isn't that the 1st amendment?
Alito should be condemned for not controlling his wife 😂
He should have been disbarred.
The flag was flown during the revolutionary war, what is his problem.
WHAT you gonna do to me when I call him The FACIST that he is !! Come on :Judge" !!
What a great democrat judge.
I think Ponzer’s apology was sufficient for what he did. He showed 1000000x more integrity than NYTimes, CNN, MSNBC, ABC, the woke activists parading around as prosecutors that don’t prosecute, school boards allowing porn and left ideology into impressionable children’s curriculum. These people are the ones who need to apologize. But they won’t, they have some lame moral hustle that people bought to justify themselves.
He had a strong opinion, expressed it poorly and apologized reasonably for doing so.
Because he had too.
I don't associate any flag with Trump except the one that says Trump on it. It's nobody's business except Alito what flag he flies. That said, flying the US flag upside down is a distress signal and should not be subverted by politics. It was certainly a poor choice by Alito.
Jerk judges need to rid themselves of personal bias and get un conflicted. If HATRED is their essence , then they need a job at MSNBC.
Well, that's ironic.
Is anyone surprised?
ANYONE?
Good
Ethics are known, but happy wife happy life
For "unbiased" news, this one showed some bad bias, not knowing what those flags actually mean and assigning them to Trump.
Why is he still a judge?
This is stupidity
So "Lese Majeste" rules now apply to our new fascist Supreme Court.
That word doesn't mean what you think it means.
Being a justice in our highest court of law and unable to criticize your own equally influential coworkers is just…. Damn. I don’t think we even have the right to call ourselves free after this.
He's not a coworker. The supreme court is the only permanent judicial body mentioned in article III of the constitution.
SCOTUS is on a higher level. There is nothing equal to SCOTUS. To be honest we weren’t free during the plandemic and the establishment is trying to bring it back. That’s why the first bill failed.
here is another point Congress can shut up about creating ethics code for Supreme Court, separate but equal and of course considering how many members of Congress have got there own ethics issues this is hypocrisy (or just another day of elected servants forgetting their role)
It is nothing but lip service to keep their cult placated. They know damn well there is nothing they can do.
Sounds like a federal judge is in need of immediate removal. Hopefully they'll take care of it quickly.
Ponzer may have crossed a line. Alito might have also, or at least his wife might have. Plenty of lessons to go around.
alito atredies the a-traitor ~"Baron Sotomayer"
I my opinion his wife's decision is also he's responsible to stop her from doing it he should have explained his position, as the man of the house, yes she has a opinion but he has rules to follow, and to make matters even worse she is correct the judicial system is broken. And our government has to much power, they've already side stepped our constitution.
Ok imma be real here as much as I love Alito and all that jazz is that judge not an American citizen can he not criticize his government this is allot of what’s wrong with our country cancel culture over words is ruining this country
Sotomayor made comments about presidential immunity that was way over the line. Why not talk about that ?
Is anyone surprised that Ponser in a Clinton appointed judge from Massachusetts?
Sorry but flying the American flag is not illegal. In fact it is a protected right. One would think a judge would know this even if they are anti-American.
Because I am a strong conservative ,criticizing ANY public SERVANT and even USSC justices are public SERVANTS, is protected speech as there is NO such exception for USSC judges in the 1st Amendment and there are NO exceptions in any subsequent Amendments which are the ONLY legal way to alter our Bill of Rights. Anything, other than an Amendment, which alters our Bill of Rights is by definition, UNCONSTITUTIONAL. Alito is 100% wrong on this issue.
Not by a fellow sitting jurist. By definition this is a political act insodoing and is inflaming a lack of collegiality and *RESPECT* that is *ESSENTIAL* for the smooth and orderly functioning of our *FEDERAL* Judiciary. We have higher standards for said level of polity and this is reflected in their *PAY AND BENEFITS* I might add. If a removal from the Bench is what is called for in such a matter for failing to recognize this so be it😊😊
@@georgedoolittle9015 These are mere public SERVANTS. Stop the insanity of making them Kings, Queens with special rights. In fact a seat on the USSC, for any HONEST person, aka not a former lawyer, should be the easiest job in the Federal government. They have a centuries old, very short, by today's standards, rule book and their ONLY job is to make sure the very short, well known laws and rights are supported and defended according to OUR Constitution and Bill of Rights. We were to never have people of Titles [the original but never passed 13th amendment would have banned people of title]. They are our SERVANTS and must be subservient to OUR Constitution. If they violate their oath then they certainly MUST be called out for failing to obey their oath.
Thanks to those who surrender our rights to our public servants, we now have a 2nd Amendment which varies state to state and even though it is perfectly clear it is not to be INFRINGED, it is INFRINGED upon on a daily basis. Such is the dishonest of the legal profession. The ONLY legal way to alter the Constitution or Bill of Rights is via the Amendment process.
But again thanks to those who surrender our rights, unconstitutionally, the right to FREE SPEECH now is subject to interpretation by America's most dishonest and despicable professionals, lawyers, lawyer/politicians, lawyer/judges.
If the USSC was filled with people of character and honesty, loyal to the oath they took, we would not have people on the bench who could not define a woman. We would not have discussions about men in woman's sports. We would have prisons filled with government officials, elected, appointed, hired who dared to obstruct OUR government from performing one of it's few Constitutionally MANDATED functions: "Protecting our Borders". That is how despicable the USSC has become. If these were good people most decisions would be 9-0, 8-1, or the very rare 7-2.
Two wrongs don't make a right is what I learned.
You cannot "alter" the BoRs. Those rights are entrenched and cannot be amended.
@@madatu Actually you can but there is only 1 legal and Constitutional Process and it is known as the Amendment Process. A great example was prohibition.
The American Flag is bound by exact rules for flying, displaying & honoring The Flag! You almost got there reporter. Upside down is a sign of surrender. Thus, It shall never be flown upside down! Wake Up America 🇺🇸 Salute 🫡
Its a first amendment right to do what ever you want to the flag.
Upside down is not surrender, but a sign of distress, an SOS
The white flag is surrender.
@lambertlum1087 yea, internationally the French flag is regarded as surrender. Lol. That fool just doesn't understand US law. That being said, all US government employees need to be nonpartisan. Its unimaginable to me that a person that's not elected gets to just do what they want. Like, get gifted a free rv.
An upside down flag indicates a ship or fort in distress and/or under attack. It has nothing to do with surrender.
This judge knew the rules, he needs to be disbarred. Ethics violation is bull crap.
Do people any have. Rights under u.s constitution
scotus does have a formal ethics code
Lmao this is great
81 million vote election.....
I'll take "Things that never happened" for $1000, Alex.
Clinton judge 😊
Hahahahahaha
Alito and Thomas both deserve impeachment .
Nah, we might get one of the leftists out and replace them with a conservative in a few years though.
This is a case where everyone involved acted like an idiot: Alito, the federal judge, the judges against him, the citizen group, etc etc etc.
Alito's a disgrace.
😢 oh, poor baby!
Figures he'd go to NY Times , pathetic BS
upside down american flag means american in distress i don't get how that became a source of terrorist activity
Alito, thomas & friends cannot spell the word ethics. Report me to the State Bar of California for expressing my opinion.
Odd how transparent Politics can be. I don't agree with anything in this story, except Mrs. Alito's right to fly whatever flag she wants, and the right for the reprimanded Judge to use free speech to criticize the Surpreme Court Justice wife's actions. Because isn't that what was happening? 🤪🫤