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The hit job on Supreme Court Justice Alito

Make no mistake about it what is currently happening in the US media about the sorry tale of stupidity by Supreme Court Justice Alito is a hit job by someone.  At least two ultra-right-wing justices on the Supreme Court have done incredibly stupid things.  First was Clarence Thomas who accepted millions of dollars in gifts from people who were interested in the outcome of cases in which he participated.  That's not to mention the nearly treasonous activities by his wife, in the January 6th affair.  

The truth is that the dirt on Thomas is a real stain on the court's historically impartial opinions.   The hard truth is that the US Supreme Court is now a political court.  

The story behind Justice Alito is funny in comparison but to me, this is all part of a plan to destroy the widely held view that the court is impartial.  Justice Alito decided to fly the US flag upside down.   First, as a Brit the American obsession with their flag is a little tiresome.  Still, flying the US flag upside down is a signal of distress and was one of the most used symbols for the January 6th demonstrators.   Since then Alito has thrown his wife under the bus, but more and more information is coming out, there are videos and recordings.  Bottom line Alito's wife is almost certainly not someone you want as a neighbour, thing a deranged "Karen".  It gets worse, he also flew other insurrectionists' flags, and these were not flown for an hour or two but days on end.  

The truth is irrelevant here.  First, there is no remedy, these two can remain on the bench for as long as they want, and no one can fire them.  The Supreme Court justices individually answer to no one but their conscience.   

There is a reason why I did not say that it was the Democrats who were behind this, because those who espouse the rule of law, even flawed laws are the Democrats.  the Republicans are playing a very different game.   The actions of many in the administration during the last days of the Trump administration, such as sending fake electors to Washington were done not to win, but to confuse.  In an ideal situation the arrival of the fake lists, and the assassination of the Vice President would have given the President extraordinary powers (not kidding here).   

Why it did not work, because the protestors were not sufficiently bloody-minded and really did not want to be cannon fodder.   There were over 90 minutes between the Hill Police request for the National Guards and the approval from the White House.  Trump is too much of a coward to actually take part.  The world will not know for many years, if ever, how close America can to a civil war and insurrection.  


 

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