The liberal activist that secretly recorded conservative justices has plunged the Supreme Court further into controversy, The Hill’s Alexander Bolton writes.
While the secret recordings didn’t provide a true bombshell, Justice Samuel Alito is back in the middle of it, this time for his endorsement of the idea that the country should return to a place of “godliness.”
Democrats have argued that Alito, who wrote the majority opinion in the case that overturned Roe v. Wade, has been compromised by a commitment to Christian religious doctrine.
The activist who recorded Alito also recorded his wife venting frustration with a neighbor for flying a gay pride flag.
Expect debates in coming weeks about the ethics of a liberal activist posing as a conservative Catholic to obtain the recordings. The activist, Lauren Windsor, stated that the nation should “return to a place of godliness,” to which Alito agreed. Windsor claims she didn’t bait Alito.
Democrats have their knives out for the conservative majority on the Supreme Court following Alito’s flags controversies and media reports about Justice Clarence Thomas accepting gifts and trips from wealthy conservative benefactors.
They’re seeking leverage to impose new ethics reforms on the court.
First up: Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) are introducing legislation to “rein in a fundamentally unaccountable and rogue” Supreme Court.
