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Post by cameron on May 21, 2024 12:42:10 GMT -5
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Post by Evil Yoda on May 21, 2024 13:11:01 GMT -5
Proudly driving backwards... today's Republicans!
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Post by pickle20 on May 22, 2024 8:13:22 GMT -5
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Post by Evil Yoda on May 22, 2024 13:46:41 GMT -5
Graham is only concerned about the optics. The morality of it doesn't enter into his worldview; he's a Trump lickspittle.
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Post by Jimmy Jazz on May 22, 2024 16:45:05 GMT -5
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Post by zenwalk on May 22, 2024 18:08:55 GMT -5
Why haven't these flags been noted before now? Anyone heard any explanation?
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Post by pickle20 on May 23, 2024 8:04:07 GMT -5
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Post by ishmael on May 23, 2024 10:03:39 GMT -5
I saw this article as well. I was willing to give a pass to the upside down flag event and was willing to write it off to a mistake. But smart people learn from mistakes and don't repeat them. If anything, Alito should know that after the flag event, every action he takes is going to be captured by someone, somewhere. One can only assume then that is an intentional act. I agree that he should recuse himself from anything to do with Trump.
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Post by Evil Yoda on May 23, 2024 11:26:27 GMT -5
Alito appears to be one of the many conservatives now who hold democracy in open disdain. He does not belong on SCOTUS. He should recuse himself from the balance of his career there.
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Post by michiganjoe on May 29, 2024 0:18:17 GMT -5
Appears story Alito gave the press isn't holding up well under scrutiny.
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Post by upstream on May 29, 2024 13:02:55 GMT -5
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Post by zenwalk on May 29, 2024 13:14:06 GMT -5
Time to haul this clown back down to clown town. Take Clarence the Bitter Clown with him. Public morale is forced to stand by and do nothing while these embittered clowns urinate over justice. It's too much to ask.
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Post by ivanbalt on May 29, 2024 13:14:57 GMT -5
It's funny that such great legal minds like him and Thomas seem to be completely clueless when it comes to life, current events, politics, etc. Or they're just lying pieces of garbage.
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Post by michiganjoe on May 29, 2024 13:44:57 GMT -5
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Post by Ranger John on May 29, 2024 15:06:50 GMT -5
So... here we are. Judge Merchan's daughter is fundraising off of a case he's presiding over, but that's fine. While The Alitos have a revolutionary war flag, but that's a conflict?
Seriously, are you people ok?
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Post by zenwalk on May 29, 2024 15:16:08 GMT -5
So... here we are. Judge Merchan's daughter is fundraising off of a case he's presiding over, but that's fine. While The Alitos have a revolutionary war flag, but that's a conflict? Seriously, are you people ok? I didn't realize Merchan's daughter was adjudicating trashman's case. That's good to know.
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Post by Ranger John on May 29, 2024 15:20:16 GMT -5
So... here we are. Judge Merchan's daughter is fundraising off of a case he's presiding over, but that's fine. While The Alitos have a revolutionary war flag, but that's a conflict? Seriously, are you people ok? I didn't realize Merchan's daughter was adjudicating trashman's case. That's good to know. I didn't say adjudicating. I said raising money from. But that's ok. Merchan himself is a Democrat donor.
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Post by zenwalk on May 29, 2024 15:24:15 GMT -5
I didn't realize Merchan's daughter was adjudicating trashman's case. That's good to know. I didn't say adjudicating. I said raising money from. But that's ok. Merchan himself is a Democrat donor. You folks are always yapping about 1A rights yet you folks are the first to take them away from those you don't like. Strange. One might call it hypocritical. But we don't want to bruise the snowflakes.
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Post by Evil Yoda on May 29, 2024 15:25:21 GMT -5
Of course he won't recuse himself. Because that's Republicans, now.
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Post by Ranger John on May 29, 2024 16:44:45 GMT -5
I didn't say adjudicating. I said raising money from. But that's ok. Merchan himself is a Democrat donor. You folks are always yapping about 1A rights yet you folks are the first to take them away from those you don't like. Strange. One might call it hypocritical. But we don't want to bruise the snowflakes. Wait, which one of us is all bent because someone flew a flag? Seriously, zen... you ok?
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Post by zenwalk on May 29, 2024 17:04:28 GMT -5
You folks are always yapping about 1A rights yet you folks are the first to take them away from those you don't like. Strange. One might call it hypocritical. But we don't want to bruise the snowflakes. Wait, which one of us is all bent because someone flew a flag? Seriously, zen... you ok? A Supreme Court justice flying an insurgent flag? You have heard the saying Justice is Blind? Or maybe seen the statue of the woman with the rag over her eyes? That's why it's highly improper. What Merchan's daughter is up to is her business and doesn't impact me one bit. The RW mau maus on SCOTUS however already have the women in my life under threat from this ban on abortions to name just one example. Please try to be serious.
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Post by Jimmy Jazz on May 29, 2024 17:05:46 GMT -5
I don’t think he should recuse himself. It’s pretty clear that even if the specifics of why the flag was flown upside down are muddy, it was his wife who did it. He says she is also the one who flew the Phillies flag at the Jersey beach house so I can’t fault him there either!
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Post by pickle20 on May 29, 2024 17:19:56 GMT -5
I think he and Thomas should recuse themselves but I think it’s foolish to expect despicable people to do what’s right.
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Post by zenwalk on May 29, 2024 17:23:04 GMT -5
The appearance and the taste this leaves in the mouth makes doing nothing a recipe for disaster when trump takes the oath and SCOTUS immediately rubber-stamps his plans to undermine the legal system in forcing it to agree to self-pardons. You think we have chaos and protest now? The only thing that keeps SCOTUS as a viable institution and not a corrupt joke is integrity. If you can't trust their judgment they are evil at worst or useless at the least. If they ain't on the level then neither are their arguments.
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Post by Ranger John on May 29, 2024 17:57:45 GMT -5
Wait, which one of us is all bent because someone flew a flag? Seriously, zen... you ok? A Supreme Court justice flying an insurgent flag? You have heard the saying Justice is Blind? Or maybe seen the statue of the woman with the rag over her eyes? That's why it's highly improper. What Merchan's daughter is up to is her business and doesn't impact me one bit. The RW mau maus on SCOTUS however already have the women in my life under threat from this ban on abortions to name just one example. Please try to be serious. It's not an "insurgent flag." But then I suppose I shouldn't expect you to know that.
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Post by Evil Yoda on May 29, 2024 18:47:11 GMT -5
I don’t think he should recuse himself. It’s pretty clear that even if the specifics of why the flag was flown upside down are muddy, it was his wife who did it. He says she is also the one who flew the Phillies flag at the Jersey beach house so I can’t fault him there either! I can. He should know better than to even appear other than impartial. And if his wife does not understand that, she's stupider than hell.
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Post by michiganjoe on May 30, 2024 5:40:24 GMT -5
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Post by Jimmy Jazz on May 31, 2024 15:43:13 GMT -5
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Post by Ranger John on Jun 1, 2024 19:10:50 GMT -5
This entire episode is an attack on free expression carried out by fascists and morons.
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Post by Evil Yoda on Jun 2, 2024 15:18:06 GMT -5
No one is telling Alito he can't fly a flag that suggests he's partial. Indeed, that's useful information for those who want an impartial SCOTUS. Ideally, Alito does not belong there. But minimally, he needs to do what he won't: recuse himself over matters related to Trump and 1/6.
One can make any comment one likes, but it may have an effect on others' opinions. Those who aren't Trumpists understand that Alito is partisan and probably a scoundrel like his leader. And Trumpists have already made it clear that power "trumps" the Constitution in their worldview.
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