You Knew It Was Coming: The Sam Alito Thread

[Pens1566]

Nothing will come of this. Unfortunately.

 

[hal2kilo]

I think perhaps you don't really understand the role and powers of the Chief Justice. Other than assigning which Justice get to write majority opinions the Chief Justice has next to no significant power. I'm not a big fan of Roberts (to put it mildly) and I think his feeble attempts to run interference with the Senate re the Court's very real ethical problems are misplaced and wrong, but I think your criticism of him in this case is unjustified. What do you specifically say Roberts can do about Alito (and Thomas for that matter) that you contend Roberts is derelict in his duties for failing to do so?

Corporations will do well with Roberts. Just a shill for them.

 

[MtnMan]

The Alito's are also just asshole neighbors.

 

[Pohemi]

Geez, I remember when Scalia was the right wing ahole on the Court. He was a beacon of reasonable objective justice compared to this crew. Not sure who is worse between Alito and Thomas.

I was trying to decide that as well. Both are corrupt, obviously. Thomas might be the king of being bribed, but Alito might have the edge on being a christofascist partisan hack.

They're both shitheels in any case, and both need to go. Too bad that won't happen.

 

[HomerJS]

Alito butthurt because ProPublica investigated his ethics and discovered he doesn't have any.

MSN

 

[iRONic]

From the piece;

“Windsor, who adopted the guise of a conservative supporter,”

Fake nose, glasses, and mustache…?
Red MAGA cap…?
I'd rather be Russian than a Democrat T-shirt…?

What guise would one adopt to entice that POS to spill his guts without edit?

 

[brycejones]

From the piece;

“Windsor, who adopted the guise of a conservative supporter,”

Fake nose, glasses, and mustache…?
Red MAGA cap…?
I'd rather be Russian than a Democrat T-shirt…?

What guise would one adopt to entice that POS to spill his guts without edit?

She was talking to him about being pro-life and a conservative christian. That was all it appears to have taken for him to let his guard down and let his inner asshole out.

 

[amenx]

The Alito's are also just asshole neighbors.

I saw the interview with Emily Baden in which she acknowledged her use of the c word. Cannot think of a more deserved usage of the term than in this case.

 

[iRONic]

She was talking to him about being pro-life and a conservative christian. That was all it appears to have taken for him to let his guard down and let his inner asshole out.

Ooh, he thought he was speaking to one of his handmaiden wenches.

Shitlol

 

[pmv]

Did they ever discover who leaked the Dobbs ruling, by the way?

This is an old article, but it's interesting that they made such a huge fuss about the leak at the time, then apparently, failed to find anything, and lost interest in the topic.

Psst: You want to know who leaked the Supreme Court's Dobbs opinion?

Let me tell you

robertreich.substack.com

 

[Pens1566]

Did they ever discover who leaked the Dobbs ruling, by the way?

This is an old article, but it's interesting that they made such a huge fuss about the leak at the time, then apparently, failed to find anything, and lost interest in the topic.

Psst: You want to know who leaked the Supreme Court's Dobbs opinion?

Let me tell you

robertreich.substack.com

No

 

[HomerJS]

Did they ever discover who leaked the Dobbs ruling, by the way?

This is an old article, but it's interesting that they made such a huge fuss about the leak at the time, then apparently, failed to find anything, and lost interest in the topic.

Psst: You want to know who leaked the Supreme Court's Dobbs opinion?

Let me tell you

robertreich.substack.com

Why have we not discovered the leaker? When the investigation was underway people questioned were put under oath, except.................


You guessed it, the Justices themselves.

 

[Pohemi]

....and nobody was surprised.

Justice Samuel Alito Is All Buddy Buddy With Law School Dean That Worked To Overturn The Results Of The 2020 Election - Above the Law

You can judge a justice by whom they choose to associate themselves with.

abovethelaw.com

 

[iRONic]

“Today is the First Monday in October,which, as Supreme Court watchers know, is the start of the High Court’s new Term”

Indeed, some higher than others.

 

[fskimospy]

....and nobody was surprised.

Justice Samuel Alito Is All Buddy Buddy With Law School Dean That Worked To Overturn The Results Of The 2020 Election - Above the Law

You can judge a justice by whom they choose to associate themselves with.

abovethelaw.com

There's a good chance there's at least two votes at SCOTUS to overturn the results of any election Republicans lose. Thomas and Alito both seem very likely to buy into some or all of Trump's election lies. They're basically Fox News Grandpas in robes.

 

[cytg111]

God damn. Could you get your shit together? Please?

 

[Pens1566]

There's a good chance there's at least two votes at SCOTUS to overturn the results of any election Republicans lose. Thomas and Alito both seem very likely to buy into some or all of Trump's election lies. They're basically Fox News Grandpas in robes.

I'd bet the house on that "over".

 

[iRONic]

God damn. Could you get your shit together? Please?

Bruh… you're clucking at the choir on this forum. Most of us understand what we're up against. There's only so much we can do.

 

[Pohemi]

Bit of an eye roller, but made me laugh because it just figures. Sir Fancypants Alito.

Sam Alito Got Knighted... Just Like The Founding Fathers EXPLICITLY MADE UNCONSTITUTIONAL - Above the Law

It turns out Sam Alito hates the Constitution as much as you thought he did.

abovethelaw.com

 

[Thump553]

Bit of an eye roller, but made me laugh because it just figures. Sir Fancypants Alito.

Sam Alito Got Knighted... Just Like The Founding Fathers EXPLICITLY MADE UNCONSTITUTIONAL - Above the Law

It turns out Sam Alito hates the Constitution as much as you thought he did.

abovethelaw.com

Interesting situation: so-called strict constructionist of the Constitution claiming that the clear explicit language of the Constitution doesn't apply to Supreme Court justices, where the Constitution doesn't create such a carve out. The arrogance and hubris of clowns like Alito is amazing.

 

[akugami]

The US government with a two-party system is broken. Without real accountability, you have jackasses like Alito, among others in the various branches of government. The only way the SCOTUS will change, and have real ethics, is if Congress has the ability to impeach one of the justices. However, the system is broken beyond repair and that will never happen. Conservatives DO NOT want that to happen. They don't care about, or want, real accountability. They want the ability to push their conservative agendas, drag us back to the stone ages, with no repercussions. Thus, no accountability.

 

[darkswordsman17]

There's a good chance there's at least two votes at SCOTUS to overturn the results of any election Republicans lose. Thomas and Alito both seem very likely to buy into some or all of Trump's election lies. They're basically Fox News Grandpas in robes.

I think you can put it at at least 4. Roberts is almost a shoe-in at this point. He might be one of the more brazen ones these days as far as being a blatant partisan hack with no ideals other than to support conservative goals (and to think he acted offended that they were being called out for their behavior). I'd guess Coney Island Whitefish would be a sure thing as well. I think Kavanaugh might be the one least likely to go along with it of the Republicans.

The US government with a two-party system is broken. Without real accountability, you have jackasses like Alito, among others in the various branches of government. The only way the SCOTUS will change, and have real ethics, is if Congress has the ability to impeach one of the justices. However, the system is broken beyond repair and that will never happen. Conservatives DO NOT want that to happen. They don't care about, or want, real accountability. They want the ability to push their conservative agendas, drag us back to the stone ages, with no repercussions. Thus, no accountability.

It wouldn't be less broken with a real multi-party system. People keep acting like that would change anything, despite plenty of other countries having the same problem (with shitty corrupt conservative/right-wing politicians). Because fundamentally the issues still boil down to the conservative viewpoint and basically any and all that don't agree with it.

 

[akugami]

@darkswordsman17 It's just a thought exercise but the whole point of a three branch government was checks and balances. With a two party system controlling all three branches of the US government, we see it is broken beyond repair. A three-party system, and I mean a true multi-party system, would provide checks and balances on each party that should theoretically balance out the worst tendencies of each party.

 

[Thump553]

The existence of the electoral college pretty precludes a three (or more) party system. It will take a constitutional amendment to remove the electoral college and our two main parties have a vested interest in keeping it around. The GOP because the electoral college essentially acts as affirmative action for the GOP, and the Dems because elimination of the electoral college will put huge strains on their big tent.

 

[Ken g6]

The existence of the electoral college pretty precludes a three (or more) party system. It will take a constitutional amendment to remove the electoral college and our two main parties have a vested interest in keeping it around. The GOP because the electoral college essentially acts as affirmative action for the GOP, and the Dems because elimination of the electoral college will put huge strains on their big tent.

Not necessarily. If all the major parties and many of the minor ones could agree to an instant runoff jungle primary, we could still have just two candidates at the end of the primaries, but they could be from any of a number of parties.

Of course, the chances of getting major parties to agree to anything like that are extremely remote.