🚨Working on a piece for Monday @FDRLST on the fake flag scandal re Alito. Here's your shorter version: There is no scandal! I served as career law clerk for federal appellate judge for ~25 years, 6 of which I assisted with Codes of Conduct inquiries. While those rules don't 1/
2/apply to Supreme Court justices, the justices apply the same principles. The difference being there is much more detail for lower courts, including that judges are barred from displaying political signs. BUT the rules also make clear that doesn't apply to spouses.
3/ In fact, the Codes of Conduct committee made that point clear through advise. Yes, Judge should discourage, but NO Judge is not "boss" of his spouse and no ethical violation is spouse decides to post a political sign.
4/ Of course, Mrs. Alito didn't display a political sign, but even accepting the concocted revisionist narrative that an upside-down flag is a stop the steal flag, that is not an ethical issue for Justice Alito. The recusal claim is equally ridiculous.
5/ A reasonable person, knowing all of the fact, would not believe there is any bias because "all of the facts" are that Mrs. Alito raised the flag, it had nothing to do with "Stop the Steal,"
6/6 it had nothing to do with Justice Alito, 3 years ago, and nothing to do with legal questions. The supposed "ethics experts" saying otherwise are either ignorant or politically motivated.
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