Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito has been the focus of a media onslaught for over a week now, in the most ridiculous ways. The reasons for this seem to be obvious, but there is also an unfocused aspect. Are they attempting to compel him to quit in order to grant President Biden a SCOTUS appointment before the election? Or is it a desire to have him recuse himself from any Donald Trump or January 6 cases the Court might entertain?
Whichever goal is in mind, the efforts to target the justice are as transparently partisan as they are lame in execution. What’s amazing about this coordinated assault is how soft the charges are in light of the full-throated outrage blaring from the headlines. The idea that a SCOTUS member flying a pair of flags is somehow a disqualifying activity is already a stretch; the facts behind these instances make this more asinine.
That Alito is under…
