US Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito has been staunchly criticized this month afterThe New York Times revealed that the justice flew two flags related to Donald Trump's "Stop the Steal" 2020 campaign outside of his homes.
Democratic lawmakers have called for Alito to recuse himself from cases related to the January 6 attack on the US Capitol as a result, and on Thursday he publicly refused to do so.
Writing to US Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI, 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."
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New York University law professor and legal analyst Melissa Murray shared her thoughts on the justice's letter with MSNBC host Joy Reid.
"First of all, this letter is nominally addressed to Congress. It is a giant double-fingered F-U to the American public. This man is not simply saying he's not fond of flying flags, he's basically trolling Americans who know he is the author of "Dobbs versus Jackson Women's Health Organization" — the decision that t that withdrew the right to abortion that Roe v. Wade established. He wrote that decision. He says three times, first to his wife as a private citizen is in possession of rights, right that allow her to 'make decisions' that he has always honored and respects her choices to do so.
Again, this is the same man who withdrew from millions of American women the right to make decisions about their own body. This is a trolling, trolling letter. A giant F-U to the American public. He does not dispute the fact that the flags flew upside down at their home in Fairfax County, nor does he dispute that the Appeal to Heaven flag was flying at their vacation home in Long Beach Island, New Jersey. Instead he just says, 'She did it, that's her problem, and I can't control her. That's the best part."
What is going on among these conservative justices where they cannot seem to control their own wives — Clarence can't stop Ginni Thomas from texting Mark Meadows in the middle of an insurrection. Justice Alito can't seem stop Martha Ann from flying the American flag at their home. But nonetheless, they have decided that they are going to write opinions that seek to control every other American woman."
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