How a Phone Call Drew Alito Into a Trump Loyalty Squabble The phone call centered on a former law clerk of Justice Alito’s. In the eyes of the Trump team, the clerk still needed to prove his loyalty to the president-elect.

Alito Spoke With Trump Shortly Before Supreme Court Filing The justice said that the call was a routine job reference for one of his former clerks and that the request to stay the president-elect’s sentencing did not come up.

Should Alito and Thomas Be Pushed to Retire? Conservatives Are Divided. Coaxing aging Supreme Court justices to give up their power and status during a window of political opportunity can be a delicate endeavor.

Ocasio-Cortez Files Impeachment Articles Against Justices Alito and Thomas Impeachment has no realistic chance of advancing in the Republican-controlled House, but it speaks to a motivating issue for Democrats: the Supreme Court’s conservative supermajority.

Thomas and Alito took part in the case, despite calls for their recusal.

Justices Thomas and Alito Ignored Calls for Recusal in Jan. 6 Case Experts in legal ethics have said that the activities of the justices’ wives raised serious questions about their impartiality.

Roberts and Alito are polarized on polarization (RNS) — That upside-down flag had special significance. The post Roberts and Alito are polarized on polarization appeared first on Religion News Service.

The Recording of Justice Alito Shows He’s Right About One Thing There cannot be compromise on the question of American democracy.

What Exactly Did Justice Alito Say That Was Wrong? His remarks should not have been controversial.

An Open Letter to Martha-Ann Alito About Her New Pride Flag “Justice Alito’s Wife, in Secretly Recorded Conversation, Complains About Pride Flag” — Headline from the New York Times, 6/10/24 – – – Dear Martha-Ann, I can’t say that I expected to hear from you during Pride month. So, imagine my surprise when, this week, you spilled to an undercover reporter that you’ve been feeling a little left out. It tug…

Alito’s ‘Godliness’ Comment Echoes a Broader Christian Movement Justice Samuel Alito’s secretly recorded remarks come as many conservatives have openly embraced the view that American democracy must be grounded in a Christian worldview.

In Taped Remarks at Supreme Court Gala, Revealing Glimpses of Roberts and Alito Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. and Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr., once close allies, have embraced starkly different conceptions of the judicial role.

Alito No Longer Tries to Hide His Theocratic Worldview Unlike Chief Justice Roberts, he wants to bring God onto the Supreme Court bench.

A Gaza Cease-Fire Plan, and Justice Alito Secretly Recorded Plus, a dispatch from the U.S.-Mexico border.

Justice Alito’s Wife, in Secretly Recorded Conversation, Complains About Pride Flag In a conversation with a woman posing as a conservative supporter, Martha-Ann Alito appeared to push back against having to look at a symbol of L.G.B.T.Q. rights.

In Secret Recordings, Alito Endorses Nation of ‘Godliness.’ Roberts Talks of Pluralism. The two justices were surreptitiously recorded at a Supreme Court gala last week by a woman posing as a Catholic conservative.

Chief Justice Rejects Call for Alito’s Recusal in Jan. 6 Cases After Flag Incidents In a letter to Democratic senators, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. said that individual justices decide when to recuse. He declined to meet with the senators to discuss court ethics.

Experts Question Alito’s Failure to Recuse Himself in Flag Controversy Legal ethicists welcomed the fact that the justice gave reasons for staying on two Jan. 6 cases, a break from court tradition. But they said his rationale was open to criticism.

How to Force Justices Alito and Thomas to Recuse Themselves in the Jan. 6 Cases Can they really decide for themselves whether they can be impartial?

Alito Refuses Calls for Recusal Over Display of Provocative Flags “My wife is fond of flying flags,” the justice wrote in a letter to members of Congress who had demanded he step down from two cases related to the Jan. 6 attack. “I am not.”