Justice tells Congress controversy over two extremist flags flown at his houses does not merit recusal from cases
Justice Samuel Alito is rejecting calls to step aside from supreme court cases involving the former president Donald Trump and January 6 defendants because of the controversy over flags that flew over his homes.
In letters to members of Congress on Wednesday, Alito says his wife was responsible for flying an upside-down US flag over his home in 2021 and an “Appeal to Heaven” flag at his New Jersey beach house last year.
Neither incident merits his recusal, he wrote.
“I am therefore duty-bound to reject your recusal request,” he wrote.
He is seated on the highest court in the US and only a majority of legislators can recuse him. Off course he isn’t. Only if he thinks that the legislators can get the votes he will. But by that time they should just replace him. Once you reach the forced recusal threshold you should just be replaced. But with this and Clarence Thomas… I have no clue why this is deemed acceptable. Also the supreme court should be larger … a lot larger.