Dear John,
We’re stunned again. Last week’s revelations that Justice Samuel Alito’s homes (plural) have flown flags (plural) associated with the 2020 election “Stop the Steal” campaign and supporting Christian nationalism are shocking. Alito was quick to pin all of the responsibility on his wife and his conservative surrogates jumped to his defense, claiming this was a plausible and reasonable explanation. This court is failing our democracy.
We need your support to hold SCOTUS accountable. |
These recent Alito revelations follow a year-long cavalcade of reporting on Justice Clarence Thomas’s unethical behavior — to say nothing of his own spouse Ginni’s participation in trying to overturn the 2020 election. While public trust in the Court has spiraled downward, Chief Justice John Roberts’s silence has been deafening. |
There needs to be REAL accountability to shore up our democracy. That includes legislation to create an enforceable code of conduct for the Supreme Court; the toothless document the Court produced last fall is clearly insufficient. In addition, both Alito and Thomas should recuse themselves from the January 6 immunity case for former president Donald Trump pending before the court. This would be a minimum standard of integrity for these two justices.
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