“It’s hard to read this comically bad letter as anything other than a challenge to Congress to either assert its constitutional authority or admit fecklessness,” said one group. Despite his family’s display of two flags associated with the “Stop the Steal” movement that baselessly claims the 2020 election was stolen from former President Donald Trump, […]
“Every single minute matters,” said the Democratic congresswoman, “and we have to use our power when we have it.” Urging Democratic lawmakers to use the power they currently hold in the U.S. Senate, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Wednesday night called on party leaders in the upper chamber to launch immediate investigations into the insurrection-linked flags that were […]
“The fact of such a political statement at your home creates, at minimum, the appearance of improper political bias.” Citing recent reporting that an inverted American flag—an alleged symbol of the “Stop the Steal” election denialism stoked by former U.S. President Donald Trump—was flown at the home of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito following January […]
“Justice Alito was involved in an organized campaign to block congressional action with regard to a matter in which he has a personal stake,” reads the complaint filed by Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse. Democratic Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse filed an ethics complaint against Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito on Tuesday, accusing the right-wing judge of improperly interfering […]