Who exists 2 mete out #censure? No 1. None of it matters to Alito. This is great advantage of conservatives’ having built their own media infrastructure, their own echo chamber w its own twisted morality (rule #1: If it helps us stay in power, do it; rule number two: If it infuriates the libs, do it over and over). They can tune us out completely. Ditto polls. They just don’t care.
There is no such thing as shame anymore w for #Alito & fellow Justice #ClarenceThomas. https://newrepublic.com/article/181732/samuel-alito-clarence-thomas-theocratic-leninists
"Shortly after the Times story [about Alito and the insurrectionist flag] ran, Republicans on the House Committee on the Judiciary posted on X a picture of Alito and Thomas with the all-caps caption, 'AMERICAN HEROES.' They’re praising Alito and Thomas because it triggers the libs, those beleaguered folks who foolishly believe that norms and rules matter."
"Republicans correctly view Alito and Thomas as partners in a project to remake America into a hyper-conservative Christian state rather than as part of a separate branch of government that acts as a check and balance on the legislature.
Republicans also correctly view both justices as people who don’t believe any rules should apply to them. … The only thing that will fix this is court reform, enshrined into law by Congress."
"HOW MANY LAST STRAWS can there be? When it comes to the Supreme Court, the supply appears to be infinite.
The Court needs an extreme makeover ASAP, and that is far from an extreme idea. It’s the only path back to a high court that is trustworthy, balanced, logical, and durable."
~ Jill Lawrence
P.S. I'll second this assessment despite Lawrence's obligatory mendacious "conservative" both-sidesism.
A political cartoon by Bill Bramhall commenting on the open political shenanigans of two wives of Supreme Court justices – Alito and Thomas – and how this explodes the claims of those justices to issue judicial rulings with impartiality.
Patriarchal power is fueled by internalized perceived superiority, and is bolstered and protected by institutional structures. Patriarchy not only throws people under the bus, but also blames those same folks for getting run over. #Alito#ClarenceThomas#SCOTUS
“These people [Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas] are such a disgrace to America. And it’s worth remembering that unlike Trump, they’re not really fascists. They’re more Leninists than fascists.”
“They’re part of a revolutionary vanguard that’s going to transform society into a right-wing theocracy whether the people want it or not (they don’t). As such, they see breaking the normal rules as part of their duty to their movement, and they see nothing wrong with having a wife who flies a MAGA flag or, in the case of Ginni Thomas, engages in ceaseless radical political activity.”
As Chris Geidner notes, Justice Clarence Thomas is mouthing off about what a "hideous place" Washington is. But for 33 years Thomas has willingly sat on the Supreme bench, exercising enormous influence from that place he claims to see as hideous. And:
"Over the next seven weeks, Thomas will be one of nine people releasing decisions in 40 cases at the Supreme Court that will set forth the standard" (cont. in /2)
Any1 who lives in DC & says they hate it here have almost always, w rare exceptions never made actual Washington their home. They have limited themselves 2 halls of power, spent their yrs focused on obtaining power & only view their experience here through prism of power. #ClarenceThomas’s latest attack on DC "I think what you are going to find and especially in Washington, people pride themselves on being awful. It is a hideous place as far as I’m concerned https://www.politico.com/news/2024/05/10/clarence-thomas-critics-00157460#SCOTUS