'Beyond unbecoming': Justice Alito puts up a insurrectionist symbol to pick a fight with neighbor
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- čas přidán 7. 06. 2024
- Andrew Weissmann, former top prosecutor at the Justice Department, Dahlia Lithwick, Senior Editor for Slate and Tim Heaphy, former lead investigator for the January 6th Select Committee join Nicolle Wallace on Deadline White House with reaction to Justice Sam Alito using insurrectionist symbols to pick a fight with his neighbor which speaks to how radicalized some members of the Supreme Court have become at such a crucial point in our democracy.
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Roberts is just as bad as Alito and Thomas by doing nothing about them....
Roberts is as much of a traitor as any leftist on the supreme Court. Which isn't surprising he was appointed by globalist George Bush.
The best revenge the Patriots aka the true Americans aka the right can get against the treacherous left in the army of tens of millions of illegal Invaders with a 70% welfare rate is to have a two-state solution in America.
The right doesn't need the left you need us. We have a much higher IQ on average. We are way more likely to work and contribute to society and way less likely to collect welfare and that doesn't even include your tens of millions of illegal Invaders with a 70% plus welfare rate.
They're all terrible. None of them lean way to the left like we need them to.
Yes
@@chuckcox4199 you are the Russian version of them.
@@chuckcox4199 ignorant comment they are not only biased but corrupt too
Now we have two Supreme Court justices blaming their wives. Thomas and Alito. Complete and utter BS!
What do you have against women?
@@kelperdude 👈 Is my drag partner..🤩
The Russian delegation showed up again to receive their campaign $ from Lara Putin head of the RNC.
What do you have against Americans?
Thomas wife is an election denier at the Capitol on J6.
The stench of the Roberts' court is historic.
sotomayor.
That’s just the corpse of RBG 🤣
To say the least
if that's not bad enough, our president is letting millions of illegals cross into our country illegally to commit all kinds of crime and mayhem. What is your take on that?
Robert's vomit.
That Alito will be allowed to get away with this is why Americans have lost all faith in our leadership on both sides.
You do realize the up side down flag is a sign of distress not stop the steal. Stop listening to these liars.
We haven't lost faith in the Democracy side, just the maggat side (which is 99.99% republican).
Sorry... this corrupt SCOTUS is 💯% a Republican creation. Democrats had nothing to do with it as they've been following Constitutional guidelines. Congress has oversight, and Maga is in charge of Congress, so nothing will happen.
"on both sides"!?! Bothsideism is part of the problem. Name _one_ ethics violation by a progessive Justice on the Supreme Court.
This is unacceptable on every level. What can be done do impeach criminal judges, beyond public contempt?
asked the outsider.
At least we documented that they are full of 💩
What crime did he commit?
@@reason6835oh dear
@@fredhollis3749: Seriously. Last time I checked, flying the flag upside down isn’t a crime. It’s freedom of expression. You guys are calling him a criminal and saying he should be impeached. You need a crime to impeach him.
Why does this not surprise me in the least?
It seems like exactly the kind of thing the Alito household would do.
What do you have against Americans? Your statement is silly
Your night is ruined.
Alito is a scum-bucket.
POS supreme Court 😂
The horses**t shoveled out by this network to their cognitively impaired fanbase would be absolutely comical if it weren't so sad.
My question: How can ANY "Justice" think they can conduct their job, with such images of personal impropriety? I mean seriously, Thomas and Alito are so lost in the sauce.
your brain is.
Have you seen images of this flag? You just believe some unnamed sources?
@@ErroneousMonk1 I seen an image of it earlier. It's literally just an upside down flag.
History will not grant a reprieve, The Roberts' SCOTUS will go down in legal/political history as the most infamous court in modern history. Take out the rubbish: recuse, or resign, or both.
@@ErroneousMonk1 they have photos.
Term limits and charging Billionaires for buying access to Supreme Court Justices!
And charging the justices who accepted their money and "gifts."
And former VPs 🤣
How do you know? We're you there. Wait a minute What country are you from?
@terryharker6726 look up the financial donors for the judge prosecuting Trump. Follow the money back to the nazie Pelosi Biden llcccccsss... 21 llc companies with no employees
When are we charging Mr Potato Head for that??
We flushed 81 million times and Trump is still bobbing around the bowl.
*joe
Will you be voting for Biden again? Mind you he's mentally unwell.
@@kelperdude 👈 Is my drag partner..🤩
Liberals don't realize how much revenge Trump is going to get on them for taking all his money 😂
The diary is real. Poor ashley 😢
These judges have ruined SCOTUS for generations worth of history to come.
The fact that a sitting SCJ's wife was in direct contact with the whitehouse chief of staff during the insurrection and he's sitting on these cases is beyond words.
The fact that you're still pretending there was an insurrection is beyond words.
@@swimminginthoughtsHaha, easy there “ simp 🤣 “, your kneepads are wearing thin 🤣🤡. Panicking much?
@@swimminginthoughtsOK, we'll change the words.....soft coup
No recusals, flat out resignation required.
Where is Mark Meadows?
They dont wear white hoods anymore, instead they wear red hats and fly flags upside down
America First is the KKK motto.
BINGO
The KKK wouldn't exist if the Democrats hadn't created it.
Also, they wear diapers😅
your side made the clan, though.
This is the most anti-American symbol a person could possibly display.
The inverted flag signals the union is in distress. I flew mine upside-down when 45 was elected,and only one holidays. I haven't flown my flag since 2019,though. So it wasn't even out in 2020,brightside or otherwise.
@@micheleconner5083Ok traitor, bet you fly the Chinese flag though
@@micheleconner5083 Thanks for the explanation, but seems like something a foreign adversary would do.
We've seen what your side does to our flag.
Free expression. Deal.
Yeah, typical Maga Alpha-wannabe-male reaction: Put the blame square on the wifey....
The Federalist Society is affiliated with one political party. Those rules have been ignored for decades
soros is associated with one side. what's your point?
Wonderful.
But it's gotten worse
They represent themselves not a party. All those "society's" do their own thing.
A group is almost always affiliated with a political party....this is an official of the Supreme Court, who is supposed to be unbiased, admitting he supports and solely supports a candidate, regardless of what they've done...
A traitor on the supreme court and probably a few more
6 to be exact.
Sounds like you are the one who is the traitor.
@@rogerbrownreacts8528uno reverse
@@rogerbrownreacts8528Trump relies on the uneducated
Oh! By all means. Men without souls, worshipping at the altars of power and money. Clearly truth and honor are foreign to these men.
This explains why Ginny Thomas hasn't been brought up on charges, she was involved with j6
Just being there on January 6th, isn’t a crime.
@@reason6835Ginni was actively lobbying Congress members to accept the fake elector slates. Get real
And then he’s lies about the reason it was there. BS he is working for Trump and Leo Leonard 😡
You can read his mind?
2017?😅 Anything else hurt your feelings?
TDS outlasting COVID 🤣🤣
Poor baby!!! Do you need your safe space???? 😢😂😂😂
@@kelperdude
No, but our species is vile. The worse can scenario is often the correct one.
Just like your support for malfeasants.
That Alito's complicit involvement in a public dispute showing support for Insurrection is the lowest standard of Judicial Ethics. Time for an Inspector General of SCOTUS.
Great idea, thx
What insurrection you talking about??? Absolutely no one has been charged with insurrection. Not one single person. Plenty of fbi agents and assets were involved with Jan 6th.
What Insurrection?
@@lisaharvey4373 The fbi and doj said that there was no insurrection
@@jybrokenhearted wow, just wow, in denial much?
They have no shame, otherwise him and Clarence would have stepped down already. Deplorables!!!!
It's all about how much $ they can get. They won't step down.
Clarence Thomas is the de facto leader of the court. He's highly respected whether you like it or not. Sotomeyer is best friends with ginny Thomas get over it.
@@KristaCarrington BE GONE MAGGAT DEPLORABLE. SHAME ON YOU TRAITOR!
@@angham3329 that is exactly why the people of this country have no faith in the court anymore.
@@KristaCarrington your name should be KKKrista
They took off the white hoods and put on a red hat.
The white hood is in private where it is not seen by the public.
You do know that the Demoncratic Party is the one that started the KKK with the white hoods and white robes and went after the African Americans and Republicans that wouldn't bow to their agenda!! The Demoncratic Party hasn't changed since it was founded in 1828. They just keep upping their evil games!!
It is disgusting that they will get away with it.
Get away with free speech? Really?
Why is it disgusting? or are you just an AI bot?
Free speech?
The way the Democrats got away with stealing the 2020 election?
Get away with what? Silly 🤡
It’s sad to see a Supreme Court Justice turn his back on the American Justice system.
Well, he found Jesus didnt he....
The orange version......
😢😢😢😢
Worse...cares not if Americans have to deal with violence because of lack of rule of law bc of Alito and Thomas' partiality.
It's infuriating..........and very sad.
Interesting, a Judge with such poor judgement!
Hypocrisy knows no bounds.....
It's not hypocrisy - it is an actual inside coup.
It's not like he's presiding over a case which his daughter is raising campaign funds from.
@@kelperdudeit's exactly like he is on a case that is deciding on whether or not we continue with the American experiment as a constitutional republic where the rule of law and democratically elected representatives are the elements of our country or not.
You Hypocrites just love Condemning someone with your idiotic use of "GUILT" BY ASSOCIATION......@@kelperdude
@@kelperdude no. he is a judge over a court case where it should not matter if the defendant has been a president or not but everything seems to depend on what political party you belong to. As an outsider who admired U.S. Laws i seems like Americans have decided that democracy isnt as important as getting your buddy or favourite elected over your nations health ,well being , or safety. Congradulations. you now have a DICTATORSHIP. God help the rest of humanity.
Impeach those imposters!
Alito and Thomas need to be removed from the SCOTUS Bench.
Alito and Thomas should both be reclused and held accountable for their actions like any other American citizen. TERM LIMITS NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
When someone shows you who they are… believe them
Yet, you want to believe cohen. Take a dose of your own medicine
this is what he's shown us he is 🪱🐀🐖💩👿🫏👹 how long is the country going to put up with this lack of accountability?
Alito is an embarrassment to the role on SCOTUS
Biden voters are an embarrassment to the country.
He's wonderful.
Thank you Justice Alito ❤
Resign
joe
The diary is real. Poor ashley 😢
Freedom of expression.
At the very least recuse from any cases re: Trump and Jan 6th
The diary is real. I’m so sorry Ashley.
Sam Alito is a disgrace.
What a load of crap the wife did it.
Everyone loves him. 💙💗💙💗💙💗
@@kelperdudewrong not everybody some of them don't lie😮
@@normalewis4212white man's blames wife's Melendez is blaming the wife also😮 probably they think Justice is easy with women's is so ugly😮😢
Alright, that's at least 2 justices that need to go. What's the next step?
Dismiss EVERY judge appointed by the Bonespur.
Democrats need to gain power in the House & Senate & the presidency, so they can reform the rules.
Eg - introduce a binding, enforceable code of conduct.
4:05 - “… a monarchic court…” perfectly describes the problem.
Where are the checks and balances for rogue justices?
Seems a little inaccurate! Kings have no powers.. Ironically, your constitution was in part based on Magna Carta which states "nobody is above the law, not even Kings".
I guess your judges found a way to rip that up, USA RIP
The scotus has no oversight. That's part of the problem, too. Justice Roberts is the only one "in charge" of them,and he fails miserably!
If each justice is a monarch, there are no checks/balances to bring them to heel, but they can be impeached.
Democrats need to gain power in the House & Senate & the presidency, so they can reform the rules.
Eg - introduce a binding, enforceable code of conduct.
Beyond unbecoming is what you call a traitor now adays
joe.
@@kelperdudethat is 5 times I have caught you hate watching MSNBC in two days.
What a loser. 😂
@@kelperdude Donnie Joe Trump, Yep!
@@kelperdudeRussian bots aka You
Its a distress singal. Dont listen to the truth spinners. It's all about our country being in distress under this communist socialist regime running our country. Joe biden has sold us out
Alito is unworthy of the lifetime appointment he holds. He would be unemployed otherwise, for his deplorable behavior!
He's wonderful.
These corrupt justices must resign
He blamed his Wife yet he was ok with it remaining there
He can blame his Wife but he did nothing nor did he take it down
WHAT AN UNAMERICAN THING TO DO, NEVERMIND DISGUSTING !!!
AND HE PUTS BLAME ON HIS WIFE !!! WHAT A HUSBAND !!!
HE OWNS THE HOUSE TOO😵
NO ONE SHOULD BE ABOVE THE LAW !!!!!!
And of course him saying he had nothing to do with it could never be accepted. The professional False Flaggers are very good at what they do.
The nasty just oozes from his mug!
ABSOLUTELY ❗
Judging by Alito's actions and yes, pun intended we know whose back pocket he's in.
Billionaire-owned Extreme Court
I'm thinking of practicing my accent and tell everyone I'm Australian. So ashamed to be an American now.
Please leave.
This is probably the beginning of the end of the Republic. So... yeah.
@@SpartacusColo Nope. We're gonna stay. Can't take it? Tough!
The average, normal stuff is still ok, but keep an eye out. I hope there's some house cleaning after Biden's sworn in again.
@@USS-SNAKE-ISLANDMove to China, traitor, they’ll love you there
These people are unethical and immoral
I've practiced law for 40 years & am absolutely disgusted by Alito & Thomas...
"Conflicted judges" is a term that Trump likes to use and cry about. Meanwhile, he has quite a few such judges in his own pocket that he seems quite happy about.
You think he should have appointed progressive justices? Just because he appointed people who agree with him and conservatives on many issues doesn’t mean they’re “in his pocket”. Do you say the same thing about Biden or Obama judges or justices when they decide cases in accordance with Democrat policies?
@@ErroneousMonk1
Strawman.
The argument is that Trump cried about about Liberal Justices being in conflict but doesn't mind Conservative ones being so.
Not whether judges are "in his pocket", because obviously he hasn't given them any money. Likely a mistype "for in his corner"
Also, fewer Liberal Justices have had accusations like this. So, if the boot fits...
@@dylanwatts9344 Well, there are only three of ‘em so a lot fewer opportunities, I’d guess. Thanks, President Trump for giving us a good SCOTUS, nearly completely free of insane progressives bent on the destruction of our country. Well done, sir.
Projection ain't it?
@@ErroneousMonk1 your point is authentic, were it merely regarding differences of opinion.
That's not what's being seen. What's being seen are inauthentic avowals to be fair regardless of one's personal slant. It's allowed to have a personal slant and great care is taken (or, you know, should be) not to show it.
As Judge Luttig has spoke: "I have never publically shared a political opinion (reverbalized)."
🇺🇸
A Supreme Court Justice of all people should know that hanging a nation's flag upside down shows extreme disrespect to the country.
It's a sign of distress.
He couldn't handle the thought that Biden won.
But then this hero blamed his wife! What a man😵💫
Absolutley!!
Biden didn’t win. Hate to pop that balloon.
You people take matches to it
how nice for this news to break 4.5 years too late !!!
Would it have changed your hate for him if you knew it earlier?
The neighbors were afraid !!!!
I'm surprised the media didn't jump on this !!!!!
None and I mean none of this would be happening if Trump had never become president of the United States. Why anyone would have thought he was a good candidate is beyond me. Wake up people he's a crook and always has been.
Alito is the Grand Dragon of the black robes of SCOTUS.
I am a republican that has voted democrat for the last 2 elections and I will continue to vote democrat until the GOP stops acting like phychos.
My grandma is also a Republican and started voting for Democrats a few years ago. She died in 2019.
Maybe trump has inhaled too much hair spray for all these years...
Dude is spamming this comment on MSNBC and CNN videos 🤣
Sure pal 🤣
Whatever you say 🙄
@@ItsMeMario-nm7rk 👈 Is my drag partner..🤩
I have written to both my Senators and to my Representative asking them to have courage and take a stand for democracy.
The remedy is that Biden can and should pack the court. We should have 15 justices and outvote the insurrectionists. Might makes right
Democracy is not for Cowards !
Then it's not for democrats 😂😂😂😂
@@AC-re9eeWe're stronger than your side, and more numerous. Now be a good boy and brush your tooth.
@@AK-qd7up in what world could you possibly believe that? The majority of the population is registered independent, and of the remaining bunch 46% are Democrat and 44% are Republican. Population wise there isn't a ton of difference, but armament wise... oh goodness would the Republicans have yall in camps so fast 😂
@@AK-qd7uplet’s go Brandon
All of our institutions have failed us.
Precisely, the Rump Repubs have failed us.
The 'president' has.
The greed the greed🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑
I think we, the American citizenry, is to blame.
We failed America.
Alito is Supreme Toast.
Alito supporting the insurrection by flying the flag upside down. He should be removed from SCOTUS. Not recuse himself.
For what crime?
What insurrection?
...what?
Oh no. A flag.😅😂 MSNBC can get you upset over a Grapefruit
@@ahr806Look at that! A MAGA member who knows correct sentence structure and big words. Good for you!
The system needs to change to rid of these corrupt judges
Stepped down? They should have been arrested a long time ago for their corrupt acts!!
How many times did Waltine Nauta change the diapers today???
10 times so far
11 atm
Thank, Leopold Leo, for this whiz bang of a Supreme Court. You are an arch villain.
And Franciscan University is having him as keynote speaker. Disgusting things here in MAGA Valley.
Why did it take so long to come to the forefront? That bothers me because this is the first time I’ve heard this. I’m pretty much a political junky/groupie (lol) and I would have thought we would have known 3 1/2 years ago. The supreme court’s STENCH will never go away!!!!
Would you know that it's just a symbol of distress?
Alito's neighbors were fearful of MAGA violence after Jan 6th and attack on Paul Pelosi. Completely understandable.
Alito is a pro-insurrectionist bully.
He should be immediately removed from supreme court immediately.
Double immediately, huh?!
For what crime? You need a crime to impeach him. Exercising your freedom of expression isn’t a crime.
Time to change up the supreme court, time to instill term limits, time to expand the supreme court, time to have a code of ethic with teeth administered by a bipartisan committee
An eighty year old man stands between home and hearth and Blackshirt America. Its getting scary!
joe is 81.
Yeah...I think the Blackshirts got this one in the bag 😂
@@junme1389don't let them
If you're depending on him to save you, you have to wake up to reality.
The people are the power.
Dems for democracy.
Both Thomas and Alito should have been recused from hearing the immunity appeal. It only takes 4 justices to vote to hear a case. Without Alito and Thomas votes, would the appeal have been heard? This is so gd foul
DEFINITELY Not a representation of My American Values. Corrupted Scotus
Why did Notre Dame pay for Alito to go to , Italy?
Billionaire-owned Extreme Court
I want to hear from “Judus” Alito’s wife and what she has to say.
it seems they didn't like the sign disparaging Trumpet and I'm guessing the upside down meant they agreed with trumpet that the 2020 election was stolen. pretty clear what side the Alitos are on!
How fast and far this country has fallen, a Supreme Court justice behaving this way, I don't recognize the US anymore, wow.
This should have been news 4 years ago. It's quite troublesome how long it takes for such important news to break so many years later. Regardless, shame on our so-called "Supreme" Court. The court really needs to be relabeled as the Inferior Court of the United States.
....what?
@@kelperdudeWe're all crazy here. The TDS is wearing on us.
@@kelperdude Oh, and Kelper, sweetpea, you still haven't answered my question. Why do you keep complaining about not being able to put food on the table when you're in these chats 24/7 when you should be looking for a job to provide for your family? They must really love you.
@@swimminginthoughts BTW. In the medical field, TDS would mean that Trump is patient zero.
Alito's neighbors were afraid of blowback by MAGA folks especially after Jan 6th and attack on Paul Pelosi.
The traitors are sitting on the highest court.
The 14th Amendment should apply to him
Impeach him.
joe, we will.
Judges at all levels are supposed to be unbiased and non-political...
Tell that to the Judges in NY, going after Trump.
The brazen manner in which this guy goes against the very oath he took is simply astounding. It’s disgraceful, and he appears to have absolutely no shame.
Disgusting
President Biden and speaker Schumer, need to place (4) new justices on this court NOW!
Yeah! I prefer ones with blue hair that don't know what a woman is!
oh we can't do that, turtle jaw O'Connell will say it's too close to the election!
I heard neighbors were complaining about small signs. I think Alito and his wife put it up to say, "TAKE THIS!!"
Such a thin skinned man and his spouse.
Doesn't matter! They own that property, THEY PUT A FLAG UP : UPSIDE DOWN.........and left it up for days....... for days, days ❗
When did he take down his Confederate flag with the swastika on it?
When you first got monkey pox
Swastikas
Bwahahahaha
Gold comment coming from the side that wants Israel destroyed
Bwahahahaha
You sure are a democrat
@@ashmuntz612No, hun. I am not a Democrat.
That's the left.
@@kelperdudeThe left took his flag down?
Was Alito part of Brooks Bros. Riot, along w/Roberts, Kavanagh, Barrett, Cruz, etc.? There's never been a full accounting of that pivotal event, a precursor to Jan.6.
Thousands showed up in Freeland, Michigan this afternoon to let Trump know he is not welcome there.
The other hundred thousand wanted him there.
@@kelperdude How may fingers and toes did you need to count up to that number?
I think we know now what you do with that inflatable Trump doll at home.🤩🥰
@@kelperdude 👈 Is my drag partner..🤩
Why do you hate America?
Entitlement breeds more entitlement .
It's time to take away "life time" appointments for the Supreme Court....
Look at the role and impact of the courts in the Third Reich! Tell me, there are no similarities. It's like watching a history channel documentary in real life.
Yes! The propaganda is working on you! Keep watching! Keep watching!
@@swimminginthoughts👈OCD Triggered.
The diary is real. Poor Ashley 😢
If only we could go back to the time before DonaId ever descended the golden escalator. Back to a time when things were normal and made sense and life was generally happier and less stressful.
Life’s what you make it. If you’re stressed and unhappy it’s bc you’re choosing to be.
I don't think they really ever were after 9/11 though were they? The dumpy era is like part two to that trenchant saga.
Yeah, the coward blamed his wife.
If my neighbor was a SCOTUS justice and right after Jan 6 I saw that flag flying, I’d have been really, really scared.
It's really sad that Alito's neighbors were afraid to say anything about the flag flying upside down at the Alito home four years ago. Alito shouldn't just recuse himself, he should step down from the Supreme Court.
Here’s a question for everyone; if they don’t obey the law or the rules, then why should any of us
How can he in good conscience stay in his position when he knows that himself and others have skirted the rules of ethics and run smack dab into out and out Currupted.
They don't care as they're above us and what we think doesn't matter.
@@PAMELAPORTER-ci7mr Pam .. Youre a 100000% wrong... this country was built on the will of tge people.... If there is enough hue and cry against them even they have to listen... a tidalwave of public opinion is nothing to swear at.. With enough perseverance evan an ant can move a mountain.
How has this been allowed to happen.? The hate, the corruption, people afraid to speak in fear of retaliation ? What has happened to our Country? How has corrupt politicians been allowed to take over the government without any accountability?
Russian, chinese, iranian propaganda.
I listened to the Alito confirmation hearings and remember thinking very distinctly "this is a bad guy. We can't put him on the most powerful court in the country". I was right.
Things like this are natural outcomes of a system where those in power decide how much power those in power should have.
The Judge needs a competency hearing, body language assessment and whatever else the CIA do to determine a traitor .
Where is a statement from the American Bar Association? Why don't they pull the law licenses of the In-Justices?
My thoughts as well. What took the neighbor or neighbors so long ?
"Absolute power corrupts absolutely."
Perfect example of WHY there needs to be accountability for the SCOTUS.
I for one have counted the Supreme Joke out sometime ago They have no ethics and never will be held accountable. t
What used to be a respectable Supreme Court, has become Supreme Parody and Entertainment gathering place.
Alito should be impeached.
Any sense of impropriety should be avoided in our courts