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[–] BertramDitore 96 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

If you haven’t already, I recommend everyone listen to the audio of some Supreme Court arguments. Sure they’re usually dry and boring, but they’re also a great way to hear for yourself what an absolute dick this guy is. He regularly parrots Fox News talking points, treats his colleagues and the solicitors with utter contempt, and asks disingenuous and misdirecting questions to hide his true intent.

He’s also wildly inconsistent from case to case, making arguments that he himself had argued against in other cases. He’s not a real judge, in the definitional sense, because he doesn’t apply the law consistently or impartially.

He’s a venal, spiteful, misogynistic, vengeful piece of shit who doesn’t respect the people he has such inordinate power over. Very few public figures make me as viscerally angry as Alito does.

Edit: here's a link to all the audio

[–] Dkarma 9 points 6 months ago (2 children)

I used to think Thomas or o'kav the attempted rapist were the worst but no, its alito.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Nah, I respected Thomas for never asking questions.

He was the only one of the nine justices, who for so long, didn't pretend that his mind wasn't already made up, or that there was an answer a lawyer could give that would change his predetermined ruling.

He knew what the assignment was, and fuck if he was going to waste any more time then necessary.

[–] BertramDitore 8 points 6 months ago

I never thought much about why Thomas didn’t ask any questions for all that time, but that makes so much sense! Damn. Also helps explain his ridiculous corruption. He was never going to change his mind, plus his job isn’t bound by any ethical standards, oh and his job is for life. So he might as well milk it for all its worth, I guess because his feeling were hurt after nearly coming close to losing his nomination for being a sexual harasser? So pathetic.

[–] BertramDitore 11 points 6 months ago

True that. It is genuinely horrifying that the attempted rapist is only the third worst man on the court.

[–] WhatIsThePointAnyway 48 points 6 months ago

Dude, stop playing, your voting record shows who you stand with and it’s definitely the right. No one is buying your impartial arbiter of justice act.

[–] [email protected] 41 points 6 months ago

Just another lying christofascist.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 6 months ago

First, he's such a chicken shit that he's blaming his wife?

Second, who the fuck decides that because you got into an argument with a neighbor the obvious response is to hang the flag upside down? That doesn't make any sense whatsoever.

I'm no flag waving super patriot or anything even close to that, but this dude has an enormous amount of power and he's not only flying an upside down flag for the country he "serves", but he's such a pussy ass bitch that he's blaming it on someone else. The fuck.

[–] homesweethomeMrL 21 points 6 months ago

“It wasn’t me! It, uh, it was . . my wife! Yeah, she did it!”

Fucking pathetic.

[–] Got_Bent 14 points 6 months ago

I have investigated myself and found nothing of note.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

Dude, just don't say anything

Bringing your wife (or for some reason your neighbor apparently) into it is going to be good for no one

I have no idea whether Alito actually wants to overthrow our democracy and affirmatively decided to promote a symbol of his desire to do so. But I just know tactically that unless the explanation is simple and straightforward, which in this case it isn't, him trying to explain any of the details is a mistake

(Side note: I absolutely love that the US still is set up so that even if your neighbor is a Supreme Court justice you can walk over and call them a cunt and it's okay. Rand Paul's neighbor punched him in the face and apparently that was okay, too. You don't have to treat them special just because they've got this special job. I'm not kidding; I think that's awesome.)

Edit: I am wrong, Rand Paul's neighbor got a felony and is facing maybe 10 years. I'm assuming that calling Alito a cunt was still allowed.

[–] MegaUltraChicken 13 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Rand Paul's neighbor should get a fucking medal. He did the right thing.

[–] Evilcoleslaw 8 points 6 months ago

They should hold a parade to commemorate it.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

I love that some of these politicians are assholes on a personal level about things like the leaves on the street or whatever the Rand Paul issue was, and that their neighbors feel empowered to deal with it on a purely interpersonal level. I'm not kidding. I can't stop talking about how much I like that the political system in the US is that way.

I think -- I'm being dead serious -- that in the vast majority of countries, if you punched a politician for a reason of pure interpersonal conflict and nothing related to politics, the police and courts would make it a huge deal, because that is a special type of person you're supposed to honor the better-than-you-ness of.

Edit: I am wrong, dude got a felony and is facing maybe 10 years

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

You're right. People who come to the US are sometimes shocked to learn you can say mean things about the President and nobody cares.

Not everybody thinks that way. Nixon, Trump, and any number of wannabe tyrants have sought revenge on a number of people who wouldn't put up with their crap.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Rand Paul's neighbor punched him in the face and apparently that was okay, too.

Unfortunately, not quite....

Rene Boucher, 58, was charged on Friday with assaulting a member of Congress, a felony, months after his sneak attack on Sen. Rand Paul in November, according to officials.

"Assaulting a member of Congress is an offense we take very seriously," said Josh Minkler, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Indiana. "Those who choose to commit such an act will be held accountable."

Officials said Boucher signed a plea agreement, but no date or sentencing has been set. He faces up to 10 years in prison and a fine up to $250,000.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago

God damn it

[–] REdOG 9 points 6 months ago

Logic is like satire now.

[–] Sanctus 8 points 6 months ago

Fuck Alito, rip his ass off the fucking bench

[–] Valmond 7 points 6 months ago

So I did the hitler salute, a... because my wife has beef with ah the neighbours...

[–] rayyy 6 points 6 months ago

Seems this right winger's wife is the head of the household.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


Justice Samuel Alito sought to head off mounting criticism Friday over a report that an inverted American flag was flown at his house in January 2021, telling Fox News that his wife hoisted the symbol of discontent in response to profane signs in the neighborhood.

A growing chorus of Democratic lawmakers and ethics experts lobbed criticism at the Supreme Court in response to the report and demanded that Alito recuse himself from cases involving the 2020 presidential election and January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol.

“By their obvious bias, both Thomas and Alito must recuse themselves from participating in the Supreme Court’s consideration of the case involving Trump’s immunity claim, and other matters arising from the January 6 insurrection,” Johnson said in a statement.

Sen. Dick Durbin, the Illinois Democrat and chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said the incident was the “latest proof” that Congress should pass ethics reform for the high court.

In another, a January 6 rioter is challenging an obstruction charge filed against him by prosecutors, arguing that Congress intended that law to apply to people destroying evidence, not storming a government building.

“If a judge on any other federal court had done this, the allegation would be investigated because it calls into question a person’s ability to fairly decide a case,” Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, a Rhode Island Democrat and member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, told CNN in a statement.


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