U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito has drawn plenty of criticism from Democrats — as well as from MSNBC host Joe Scarborough and other right-wing Never Trump conservatives — in response to reports of two flags hanging outside his properties.
Both flags have been used by Donald Trump supporters to symbolize the "Stop the Steal" campaign and the former president's false repeatedly debunked claims that the 2020 presidential election was stolen from him.
Many of those critics have been arguing that Alito, in light of those flags, should recuse himself from Trump-related, election-related cases — including Trump's presidential immunity claim.
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But on Wednesday, May 29, the news broke that Alito is refusing to do that.
In a letter to Senators Dick Durbin (D-Illinois) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-Rhode Island), Alito wrote, "You claim that two incidents involving the flying of flags created an appearance of impropriety that requires my recusal…. The two incidents you cite do not meet the conditions for recusal."
Alito added, "I have an obligation to site" on the case Trump v. United States.
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