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The Alito flag scandal and the supreme court’s ethics problem

The Alito flag scandal and the supreme court’s ethics problem

Politics Weekly America vor 2 Jahren

Jonathan Freedland speaks to Amanda Marcotte of Salon about whether the Samuel Alito row is proof that the supreme court is incapable of being unbiased

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Reports surfaced a few weeks ago that the supreme court justice
Samuel Alito had flown an upside-down US flag outside his home days
after insurrectionists flew similar flags when they stormed the
Capitol on 6 January 2021. Alito has blamed his wife, saying he
wanted her to take down the flag down after a dispute with
neighbours. Democrats want Alito to recuse himself from any supreme
court case involving 6 January, but he has refused to do so.
Jonathan Freedland speaks to Amanda Marcotte of Salon about whether
this latest scandal is proof that the supreme court is incapable of
being unbiased