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Justice Clarence Thomas Might Actually Face Consequences For Undisclosed Luxury Yacht And Private Jet Travel

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Justice Clarence Thomas Might Actually Face Consequences For Undisclosed Luxury Yacht And Private Jet Travel

It would seem Supreme Court corruption is untouchable, but last week Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) introduced a formal request to U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland for the opening of an investigation into Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. Separately, this week, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York filed articles of impeachment … Read more

Supreme Court’s Elena Kagan Targets Samuel Alito In Abortion Case

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Supreme Court’s Elena Kagan Targets Samuel Alito In Abortion Case

Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan took direct aim at her conservative colleague Justice Samuel Alito in an opinion Thursday on Idaho’s near-total abortion ban, writing that Alito’s dissenting opinion “requires a brief response.” The Idaho case ended up being an unusual one: The court dismissed it as being “improvidently granted” without ruling on the actual … Read more

Senate Judiciary Subpoena Of Alito ‘Not Going To Happen’

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Senate Judiciary Subpoena Of Alito ‘Not Going To Happen’

WASHINGTON ― Progressive groups and legal experts have increasingly demanded that Senate Democrats do more to hold Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito accountable after reports of multiple controversies and apparent ethical breaches, which include revelations that flags flown at two of his residences were like ones insurrectionists carried as they attacked the U.S. Capitol on … Read more

Alito Blasts Journalists’ Investigation Of Supreme Court Ethics In New Audio

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Alito Blasts Journalists’ Investigation Of Supreme Court Ethics In New Audio

Newly released audio reveals that conservative Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito disparaged ProPublica’s Pulitzer Prize-winning coverage of ethical issues on the court as trying to “make something out” of “any little thing they can find.” The recording was captured by Ally Sammarco, a colleague of liberal documentary filmmaker Lauren Windsor, at a June 3 event … Read more

Alito Recorded Saying One Side Of Political Fight Is ‘Going To Win’

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Alito Recorded Saying One Side Of Political Fight Is ‘Going To Win’

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito said the political rift between the left and the right would be extremely difficult to repair and that one side was “going to win,” according to secretly recorded comments at a private event earlier this month. Lauren Windsor, who describes herself as a documentarian and journalist, shared recordings of … Read more

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas got millions in gifts

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Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas got millions in gifts

(L-R) U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justices Clarence Thomas, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen Breyer, and Samuel Alito attend Judge Neil Gorsuch’s judicial oath ceremony in the Rose Garden at the White House April 10, 2017 in Washington, DC. Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images News | Getty Images Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas accepted millions of dollars’ … Read more

Former Alito Clerk ‘Aghast’ After Seeing Jan. 6 Flag At Home

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Former Alito Clerk ‘Aghast’ After Seeing Jan. 6 Flag At Home

A former law clerk for Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito said Wednesday she was shocked after learning two flags affiliated with rioters during the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection were flown outside his homes, saying she believed he should recuse himself from several cases before the court. Susan Sullivan, who worked as a clerk while Alito … Read more

McConnell suggests ‘discipline’ for Dem senators pressuring Supreme Court over Alito flags

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McConnell suggests ‘discipline’ for Dem senators pressuring Supreme Court over Alito flags

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., speaks during a press conference following the weekly Senate caucus luncheons on Capitol Hill in Washington, April 9, 2024. Amanda Andrade-Rhoades | Reuters Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., suggested Wednesday that the Supreme Court should punish at least two Democratic senators over their calls for Justice Samuel Alito … Read more

Attorney General Merrick Garland fires back at House Republicans

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Attorney General Merrick Garland fires back at House Republicans

U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland testifies before the House Judiciary Committee in Washington, June 4, 2024. Anna Rose Layden | Reuters Attorney General Merrick Garland on Tuesday hit back at House Republicans threatening to hold him in contempt, calling their efforts part of a wave of “unprecedented and unfounded” attacks against the Department of Justice. … Read more

Trump Cheers On Alito For Refusing To Step Away From Jan. 6 Cases

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Trump Cheers On Alito For Refusing To Step Away From Jan. 6 Cases

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