US politics: the supreme court’s ethics problem
Podcast |
Full Story
Publisher |
The Guardian
Media Type |
audio
Podknife tags |
Australia
News & Politics
Categories Via RSS |
News
Publication Date |
Jun 08, 2024
Episode Duration |
00:24:37
Reports surfaced a few weeks ago that a supreme court justice, Samuel Alito, had flown an upside-down US flag outside his home days after insurrectionists flew similar flags when they stormed the Capitol on 6 January 2021. Alito has blamed his wife, saying he wanted her to take down the flag after a dispute with neighbours. Democrats want Alito to recuse himself from any supreme court case involving 6 January, but he has refused to do so. Jonathan Freedland speaks to Amanda Marcotte of Salon about whether this latest scandal is proof that the supreme court is incapable of being unbiased

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