William Lindsey :toad:
"Justice Samuel Alito spoke candidly about the ideological battle between the left and the right — discussing the difficulty of living 'peacefully' with ideological opponents in the face of 'fundamental' differences that 'can’t be compromised.' He endorsed what his interlocutor described as a necessary fight to 'return our country to a place of godliness.'"
~ Tessa Stuart and Tim Dickinson
William Lindsey :toad:
“'Look at me, look at me. I’m German,' Martha-Ann said. 'I’m from Germany. My heritage is German. You come after me, I’m gonna give it back to you. And there will be a way, it doesn’t have to be now, but there will be a way they will know. Don’t worry about it.”'
William Lindsey :toad:
"Mrs. Alito’s unhinged rant continued with a threat to 'get even' with the media. Mrs. Alito responded to Windsor’s sympathy about bad news coverage by saying: 'It’s OK. It’s OK, because if they come back to me, I’ll get them. I’m gonna be liberated, and I’m gonna get them.'”
~ Scott Dworkin
#Alito #theocracy #SupremeCourt #democracy #Constitution
/17
https://www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/martha-ann-alito-unfurls-maga-flag
William Lindsey :toad:
"Justice Alito has confirmed his utter abandonment of the principle of separation of church and state. Again, looking at his oath, it was to the 'Constitution and the laws of the United States,' and not to any church or religious text. And yet, he agreed with Windsor when she said that the nation had to 'return to a place of godliness.'”
William Lindsey :toad:
"Alito’s secretly recorded remarks about his true beliefs will come as no surprise to anyone. The remarks signaling his religious bias are like the flags flown in front of his houses signaling his political partisanship.
But what is lost in these revelations is the naive hope that justices of the Supreme Court put reason over personal bias, logic over religious preference, and public duty over partisanship."
~ Robert Reich
William Lindsey :toad:
"A sitting U.S. Supreme Court justice has just admitted his belief that there are 'fundamental' things that cannot be compromised—because you cannot 'split the difference' and ultimately 'one side or the other is going to win.' This is an ideologically cemented view of the law that confirms both pre-judgment of social and political issues and that the justice will act in a partisan, rather than a judicial, manner."
~ Jay Kuo
#Alito #theocracy #SupremeCourt
/15
https://statuskuo.substack.com/p/the-secret-alito-recordings
William Lindsey :toad:
"Good God, between Mrs. Alito and Ginni Thomas, the Supreme Court’s Christmas party must be a hoot."
~ Gary Legum
#Alito #theocracy #SupremeCourt #democracy #abortion #LGBTQ #Constitution #Catholic #LeonardLeo #FederalistSociety
/13
https://www.wonkette.com/p/secret-recordings-of-alitos-reveal
William Lindsey :toad:
"There is a powerful cabal of radical Catholic extremists who seek to strip away our civil rights in the name of God. This cabal has captured the Supreme Court, which will continue to issue reactionary rulings that put the lives of millions of Americans in jeopardy, to make the country hew to their retrograde religious beliefs."
#Alito #theocracy #SupremeCourt #democracy #abortion #LGBTQ #Constitution #Catholic #LeonardLeo #FederalistSociety
/11
William Lindsey :toad:
"They see this as a holy war: true believers against the infidels. And in their Manichean classification system, most of us are infidels.
Leonard Leo & Co. will not stop until they get their way, and the United States is a full-blown Christian theocracy."
#Alito #theocracy #SupremeCourt #democracy #abortion #LGBTQ #Constitution #Catholic #LeonardLeo #FederalistSociety
/12
William Lindsey :toad:
"According to the radical Catholics, there is a great battle going on between the forces of good (i.e., Catholic extremism) and evil (i.e., anyone who believes in abortion rights and acknowledges that gay people exist). …
What Strip Search Sammy told Windsor is nothing new. He merely confirmed what we already know, which is this:"
#Alito #theocracy #SupremeCourt #democracy #abortion #LGBTQ #Constitution #Catholic #LeonardLeo #FederalistSociety
/10
William Lindsey :toad:
"Alito’s remarks are notable because ... he is now, as the cliché goes, saying the quiet part out loud. Martha-Ann might be the half of the Alito couple who likes to make statements using actual flags, but Strip Search Sammy is also showing his true colors."
~ Greg Olear
#Alito #theocracy #SupremeCourt #democracy #Constitution #Catholic #LeonardLeo #FederalistSociety
/8
https://gregolear.substack.com/p/sam-alito-and-the-campaign-to-defend
William Lindsey :toad:
"For me, what stood about the exchange was how similar Alito’s remarks were to comments other members of the radical Catholic cabal have recently made. This business of 'one side or the other is going to win' suggests a Manichean view of social issues, especially abortion and LGBT rights."
#Alito #theocracy #SupremeCourt #democracy #abortion #LGBTQ #Constitution #Catholic #LeonardLeo #FederalistSociety
/9
William Lindsey :toad:
"Equally disturbing were comments by Martha Alito, who railed against the fact that she was forced to look at Gay Pride flags from her beach house. She suggested that she could not wait until Justice Alito retired, at which point she would hoist a flag with yellow flames bearing the Italian word for 'shame'—presumably referring to her belief that gay Americans would be subjected to the flames of hell and should be ashamed of their lifestyle."
William Lindsey :toad:
"Many people will find [Lauren Windsor's] tactics questionable. This was the justification Windsor offered: 'Because the Supreme Court is shrouded in secrecy, and they’re refusing to submit to any accountability in the face of overwhelming evidence of serious ethics breaches, I think that it’s justified to take these types of measures.'”
William Lindsey :toad:
"In those brief comments, Alito eviscerated the disingenuous reasoning of Dobbs and made clear that the reactionary majority was exercising brute force in imposing their religious views on all Americans--i.e., 'returning our country to a place of (their view) of godliness.' The opinion in Dobbs was a sham."
#Alito #theocracy #SupremeCourt #democracy #Constitution #abortion #RoevWade #Dobbs
/6
https://roberthubbell.substack.com/p/alito-confirms-what-we-all-suspected
William Lindsey :toad:
"If Justice Alito is making comments like this to a random person at a public dinner, what is he saying to his close confidants? What is he doing on the bench? How can he possibly deliver impartial justice when he so casually expresses these views? Judges are supposed to conduct themselves in a manner that ensures questions like these are never asked about them."
~ Joyce Vance
#Alito #theocracy #SupremeCourt #democracy #Constitution
/4
https://joycevance.substack.com/p/still-digging-justice-alito
William Lindsey :toad:
"Behind the closed doors of a private $500 a plate dinner filled with lobbyists for Christian conservative organizations and the billionaire oligarchs who support them, Samuel Alito let his freak flag fly. For the rest of his time on the Supreme Court, this man will do everything in his power to rewrite the Constitution the Founders so carefully crafted to guard against the religious zealotry of the monarchy they had overthrown."
~ Lucian K. Truscott
#Alito
/3
https://luciantruscott.substack.com/p/the-private-alito-is-even-worse-than
William Lindsey :toad:
"And Alito offered a blunt assessment of how America’s polarization will ultimately be resolved: 'One side or the other is going to win.'
Alito made these remarks in conversation at the Supreme Court Historical Society’s annual dinner on June 3, a function that is known to right-wing activists as an opportunity to buttonhole Supreme Court justices."
MylesRyden
The real problem with all of this, that I think even the supporters of Alito don't really understand is that even HE can't define what "godliness" is. Ironically, it is like pornography, he just knows it when he sees it.
Today it is abortion, tomorrow contraception and then criminalizing any premarital sex. Whatever "god" whispers into his perverted ear. No matter which side of the line you think you are on now, you can just as easily be on the "wrong" side tomorrow. Even Alito doesn't know where the line will be next week.
This is exactly why the Founders wisely kept religion and law separate.
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