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Samuel and Martha-Ann Alito

Monday 22nd of July 2024

Abortion Stare decisis,  the doctrine on which Casey's controlling opinion was based, does not compel adherence to Roe's abuse of judicial authority. Roe was egregiously wrong from the start. Its reasoning was exceptionally weak, and the decision has had damaging consequences. And far from bringing about a national settlement of the abortion issue, Roe and Casey have enflamed debate and deepened division. It is time to heed the Constitution and return the issue of abortion to the people's elected representatives. Samuel Alito, February 10, 2022, initial draft of the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v Wade  © 2022 Kwiple.com
Abortion We hold that Roe [v. Wade] and [Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pa. v. ] Casey must be overruled.  The Constitution makes no reference to abortion, and no such right is implicitly protected by any constitutional provision, including the one on which the defenders of Roe and Casey now chiefly rely — the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. That provision has been held to guarantee some rights that are not mentioned in the Constitution, but any such right must be “deeply rooted in this Nation's history and tradition” and “implicit in the concept of ordered liberty.” Washington v. Glucksberg, 521 U. S. 702, 721 (1997) Samuel Alito, February 10, 2022, initial draft of the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v Wade  © 2022 Kwiple.com
Bullshitters say And to ensure that our decision is not misunderstood or mischarcaterized, we emphasize that our decision concerns the constitutional right to abortion and no other right. Nothing in this opinion should be understood to cast doubt on precedents that do not concern abortion. Samuel Alito, February 10, 2022, initial draft of the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v Wade , which points out that decisons defending people's rights to interracial marriage, same-sex marriage, access to contraceptives, marrying in prison, etc., are based on the right to privacy assumed in Roe v. Wade  © 2022 Kwiple.com
Christian nationalists say One side or the other is going to win. There can be a way of working, a way of living together peacefully, but it’s difficult, you know, because there are differences on fundamental things that really can’t be compromised. They really can’t be compromised. So it’s not like you are going to split the difference. Samuel Alito, announcing that, despite his role as a sworn-to-be-impartial judge, he is uncompromisingly committed to ensuring that Supreme Court rulings push the nation in the direction of “godliness” as defined by the Catholic church and Christian nationalists © 2024 Kwiple.com
Kwiplers say  I accuse Donald Trump and Mike Pence of conspiracy to transfer sovereignty from America's citizens to its largest  corporations and richest families and to make governments and the courts instruments for promoting their interests against all others' — actions democracies should deem treason punishable by death ——— Prominent Congressional Co-conspirators ——— Lamar Alexander • John Barrasso • Roy Blunt • John Boozman • Richard Burr • Shelley Capito • Bill Cassidy • Thad Cochran • Susan Collins • Bob Corker • John Cornyn • Tom Cotton • Mike Crapo • Ted Cruz • Steve Daines • Mike Enzi • Joni Ernst • Deb Fischer • Jeff Flake • Freedom Caucus • Cory Gardner • Lindsey Graham • Chuck Grassley • Orrin Hatch • Dean Heller • John Hoeven • James Inhofe • Johnny Isakson • Ron Johnson • John Kennedy • James Lankford • Mike Lee • Ron Johnson • John Kennedy • James Lankford • Mitch McConnell • Jerry Moran • Lisa Murkowski • Rand Paul • David Perdue • Rob Portman • Jim Risch • Pat Roberts • Mike Rounds • Marco Rubio • Ben Sasse • Tim Scott • Richard Shelby • Luther Strange • Dan Sulliven • John Thune • Thom Tillis • Patrick Toomey • Roger Wicker • Todd Young ——— Prominent Unelected Co-conspirators ——— Sheldon Adelson • Samuel Alito • American Legislative Exchange Council • Americans for Prosperity • Americans for Tax Reform • Betsy DeVos • Federalist Society • Fox News • Neil Gorsuch • Charles & David Koch • Robert & Rebekah Mercer • Scott Pruitt • John Roberts, Jr. • Sinclair Broadcast Group • Peter Singer • Peter Thiel • Clarence Thomas • U.S. Chamber of Commerce  © 2017 Kwiple.com
Presidential immunity from criminal prosecution The way we shield our liberties from the threat of a tyrant is to make men obey the law, not place them above it. We chain the power of those who hold office; we don’t unleash it for them to use at their discretion. We don't extend every privilege and immunity we can imagine: we deny them and demand responsibility. I have a feeling that Alito and his fellow travelers on the court would understand this simple point if the president in question were an opponent and not an ally. As it stands, at least a few justices on the Supreme Court would rather shatter a bedrock principle of American democracy than let Trump face the consequences of his own actions. Jamelle Bouie. New York Times, April 22, 2024 © 2024 Kwiple.com
Selfie Look at me. I’m German, from Germany. My heritage is German. You come after me, I’m going to 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. Frau Martha-Ann Alito, Reichsleiter Samuel Alito's wife, who was in fact born in Kentucky, fantasizing about Nazi-like violence against her neighbors for flying a Pride flag © 2024 Kwiple.com
Supreme Court But we cannot exceed the scope of our authority under the Constitution, and we cannot allow our decisions to be affected by any extraneous infuences such as concern about the public's reaction to our work. Samuel Alito, February 10, 2022, initial draft of the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v Wade , expessing the Court's conservative majority's let-me-kiss-your-ring subserviance to the religious conservatives who make up the base of the Republlican Party that got them appointed to the Court, and its go-fuck-yourself disdain for others, including the vast majority of Americans who don't want Roe v. Wade overturned  © 2022 Kwiple.com
Trumpism An upside-down flag, adopted by Trump supporters contesting the Biden victory, flew over the justice’s front lawn as the Supreme Court was considering an election case. … Judicial experts said in interviews that  the flag was a clear violation of ethics rules, which seek to avoid even the appearance of bias, and could sow doubt about Justice Alito’s impartiality in cases related to the election and the Capitol riot. New York Times, May 16, 2024 © 2024 Kwiple.com
Trumpism  Last summer, two years after an upside-down American flag was flown outside the Virginia home of Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr., another provocative symbol was displayed at his vacation house in New Jersey, according to interviews and photographs. This time, it was the “Appeal to Heaven” flag, which, like the inverted U.S. flag, was carried by rioters at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. …  During the period the Appeal to Heaven flag was seen flying at the justice’s New Jersey house,  a key Jan. 6 case arrived at the Supreme Court, challenging whether those who stormed the Capitol could be prosecuted for obstruction. New York Times, May 22, 2024 © 2024 Kwiple.com
 
Voting rights The mere fact there is some disparity in impact does not necessarily mean that a system is not equally open or that it does not give everyone an equal opportunity to vote. Samuel Alito, writing for the Supreme Court's Republicans — Amy Coney Barrett, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, John Roberts, and Clarence Thomas — a.k.a. “The Sellout Six” in Brnovich v. Democratic National Committee © 2021 Kwiple.com