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    Demokraten fordern Antworten auf Alitos Absetzung aus der Stellungnahme des Obersten Gerichtshofs vom 6. Januar

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    1. SpaceElevatorMusic on

      Article subtitle that wouldn’t fit in the post title:

      >Lawmakers pointed to reports that Chief Justice John Roberts had replaced Alito as the author of an opinion on a case involving a Capitol riot defendant as he faced scrutiny over the “Stop the Steal” flag-flying controversy.

      Article isn’t paywalled, Courthouse News is good, go Read the article if interested in the premise.

    4. AcrobaticSource3 on

      And I demand answers in Clarence Thomas’ non-removal from a case that involves his wife as a primary proponent of Jan. 6

    5. Venat14 on

      Is this the most corrupt, anti-American Supreme Court in US history? We all know how awful Taney was over decisions like Dredd Scott, but this court just seems so blatantly treasonous.

    6. Purify5 on

      Let’s remove him from the opinion because it’s politically damaging to us but let’s not force him to recuse.

      Come on Roberts. This either demonstrates you are a political hack and all decisions under your court need to be reviewed or that the current ethics ‘guidelines’ that the Supreme Court has in place are woefully insufficient.

    7. BNsucks on

      Make no mistake, Roberts is just as conceited & arrogant as Alito, Thomas, & Kavanaugh. They firmly believe in self-oversight with NO outside interference.

      They essentially believe the court answers to no one, and if a case comes up that they don’t want to deal with, they can simply refuse to hear it without commenting.

    8. Didly_Deer on

      Throw these people in jail and destroy the key. They’re terrorists who want to destroy our country.

    9. autotldr on

      This is the best tl;dr I could make, [original](https://www.courthousenews.com/democrats-demand-answers-on-alitos-removal-from-supreme-court-jan-6-opinion/) reduced by 81%. (I’m a bot)
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      > WASHINGTON – House Democrats on Friday pressured Chief Justice John Roberts to weigh in on reports that he had removed Justice Samuel Alito as the lead opinion author for a Supreme Court case involving the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, and questioned why the jurist was allowed to participate in the ruling at all.

      > In a letter to the high court's chief, Maryland Representative Jamie Raskin and New York Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez took issue with Roberts' apparent decision to replace Alito on the majority opinion for the case Fischer v. United States, calling it a "Half measure" in the face of swirling questions about the justice's impartiality.

      > In the Senate, Rhode Island Senator Sheldon Whitehouse's Supreme Court Ethics, Recusal and Transparency Act would force the high court to adopt an enforceable ethics code and would establish an independent review board for ethics complaints against the justices.

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    10. Inner_Rope6667 on

      Can’t Biden sign an executive order to exile Alito and take his citizenship away?

    11. BARTing on

      Congressional hearing on Opus Dei. Let’s see the member list.

      (Apparently that’s Alito’s schtick.)

    12. R_Lennox on

      > “The notion that individual Justices can decide for themselves whether their own conduct violates the Constitution, federal law or the court’s code of conduct is untenable in our republic and clearly violates the fundamental and original principle of due process that ‘no man can be a judge in his own case,’” the lawmakers said.

      Still, Clarence Thomas has not been removed or recused himself. No conflict of interest due to his wife’s actions related to January 6?!

      What a court we have now. Dems may demand answers but they and the US will not get them. The current conservative majority on the court think that they (and are?) above it all.

    13. Excalibat on

      >“The notion that individual Justices can decide for themselves whether their own conduct violates the Constitution, federal law or the court’s code of conduct is untenable in our republic and clearly violates the fundamental and original principle of due process that **‘no man can be a judge in his own case,’”** the lawmakers said.

      If no man can be a judge in his own case, how does this self-pardoning bullshit work?

    15. GM_PhillipAsshole on

      Roberts probably saw Alito’s draft opinion, saw that it was much more far reaching; the President *is* above the law, without exception. Any action a President takes, official or personal, is immune from prosecution.

    16. Cbushouse on

      Well guess what…… The Supreme Court does not answer to the Democrats or Republicans. Constitutionally, they are independent from the other government branches.

      So this group of Democrats can pick up their toys, go home and throw a tantrum

    17. atomic-space-ghost on

      ah the men in the SC. a bunch of old farts with hatred to share for everyone

    18. captaincanada84 on

      Roberts will not respond and nothing will happen because he knows SCOTUS is untouchable.

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