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Supreme Court justices secretly recorded – the legal issues and what they mean for the rest of us

Posing as a “Christian conservative” at the Supreme Court Historical Society’s members-only, black-tie gala, liberal journalist and filmmaker Lauren Windsor secretly recorded her conversations with Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, Justice Samuel Alito and Alito’s wife, Martha-Ann Alito. The event on June 3, 2024, was not open to journalists.

The Conversation

Supreme Court Secret Recordings Spark Controversy

Liberal activist records conversations with Supreme Court justices, revealing contrasting views on societal issues.

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Alito doubts US right and left can co-exist and wife criticizes Pride flag in secret recording

US supreme court justice and wife, Martha-Ann Alito, made unguarded comments to film-maker posing as conservative

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Experts alarmed at Alito's "confession"

“How is this impartial justice?" questioned former U.S. Attorney Joyce Vance

Salon

Chief Justice Roberts and Justice Alito Secretly Recorded at the Supreme Court Historical Society

I have been a member of the Supreme Court Historical Society for more than a decade. I very much enjoy reading the Journal of Supreme Court History. Also, when I am in town, I try to attend various events, especially the re-enactment of famous cases. One of my favorites was…

Reason

Justice Thomas raked in staggering $2.4 million in gifts, watchdog says, dwarfing the next highest justice

Fix the Court, the group that released the findings, calculated the total in gifts from January 2004 to December 2023 and said the nine current justices received 344 gifts totaling nearly $3million.

The Independent UK

'This Is What We've Been Fighting For.' British Veteran Remembers D-Day

John Roberts was a 20-year-old British Royal Navy officer during the D-Day landings 80 years ago and remembers making light of the daring mission at the time.

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Trump trial judge faces new threats after false reports on jury instructions spread

Rightwing pundits incorrectly report Juan Merchan told jurors they didn’t need to be unanimous in finding Trump guilty

The Guardian - US

Chief Justice Roberts Declines Meeting With Democratic Senators

Chief Justice Roberts declines meeting with Democratic senators over Justice Alito's flag controversy and recusal stance, sparking debate and scrutiny.

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Chief Justice dismisses Democratic senators’ request for meeting on Alito flag flap

‘Only on rare occasions in our Nation’s history has a sitting Chief Justice met with legislators,’ John Roberts writes

The Independent UK

Chief Justice John Roberts rejects Senate Democrats’ request to discuss Alito flag controversy

Public trust in the Supreme Court is at its lowest point in at least 50 years

The Independent UK

Roberts won't discuss Alito with Senate

The chief justice wrote in a letter Thursday that he would have to "respectfully decline" a meeting with senators

Salon

Chief Justice Roberts Declines Meeting With Democratic Senators

Chief Justice John Roberts declines meeting with Democratic senators on Supreme Court ethics and recusal demands for Justice Alito, amid controversies and ...

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Trump and MAGA Republicans lose their minds over hush money jury instructions

Former president calls jury instructions in his trial ‘ridiculous, unconstitutional, and unamerican’

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The Guardian - US

Samuel Alito’s wife claimed upside-down flag was ‘international sign of distress’

Senate Democrats seek meeting with Chief Justice John Roberts to discuss issue and seek Alito’s recusal on January 6 cases

The Independent UK

Democrats demand Alito recuse himself from Trump, Jan 6 cases, citing impartiality concerns over flag scandal

Mr Alito is one of the justices who offered an opinion favouring Donald Trump’s immunity claims — and now his impartiality is being questioned after he flew flags used on Jan 6 at his own home

Salon

Alito waves his "Christian nationalism"

The Supreme Court justice isn't hiding his far-right sympathies, but at least this time he's not blaming his wife

The Guardian - US

Rightwing US supreme court justices are in trouble. So they’ve discovered feminism

Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito and John Roberts love women’s autonomy if it avoids awkward conflict-of-interest questions

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Salon

Immunity tests SCOTUS' Alito problem

By dragging out a case they shouldn't have even taken, the conservative majority tacitly endorses January 6

Reason

DACA and ACA Come Full Circle

The Biden Administration "reconsiders" Obama Administration policy from 2012, expands ACA coverage to DACA recipients.

Salon

How Jack Smith could avoid a trial delay

The special counsel could pare back his indictment of the former president, said former prosecutor Barbara McQuade

WEKU

Trump's immunity arguments and the experiences of the justices who might support it

Five of the six conservatives spent much of their lives in the Beltway, working in the White House and Justice Department, seeing their administrations as targets of unfair harassment by Democrats.

Salon

SCOTUS conservatives abandon principles

Our justice system may leave Americans with one choice

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Supreme Court Signals Potential Criminal Liability For Former Presidents

Chief Justice Roberts' strategic silence in Supreme Court session on Trump's immunity case and the implications.

International Business Times

Further Trump Trial Delay Looms As Supreme Court Weighs Immunity Claim

The historic case -- the last in the court's current term -- has far-reaching implications for executive power and the 77-year-old Trump's multiple legal entanglements as he seeks the White House again.

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