Q: Why do people take an instant dislike to Justice Samuel A. Alito? Â A: It saves time.
Alito spoke in Rome dismissing criticism from foreign officials who he said “lambasted” his opinion that overturned Roe v. Wade. Alito spoke at a conference promoting religious liberty, saying:
“I had the honor this term of writing I think the only Supreme Court decision in the history of that institution that has been lambasted by a whole string of foreign leaders who felt perfectly fine commenting on American law…”
Alito called out Prince Harry as making a particularly hurtful comment. What Harry said at the UN:
“This has been a painful year in a painful decade….Climate change wreaking havoc on our planet, with the most vulnerable suffering most of all. The few weaponizing lies and disinformation at the expense of the many. And from a horrific war in Ukraine, to the rolling back of constitutional rights here in the United States, we are witnessing a global assault on democracy and freedom, the cause of Mandela’s life.”
Alito said in response:
“But what really wounded me…was when the Duke of Sussex addressed the United Nations and seemed to compare the decision…with the Russian attack on Ukraine…”
To quote Charlie Pierce:
“The conservatives on the Supreme Court are now not simply ruling like political animals, they’re behaving like political animals as well.”
This guarantees that Alito will be forever known internationally as a dickhead. On to cartoons.
Manchin had a surprise:
The GOP’s burning its mid-term chances by walking away from the PACT act:
And this incarnation of GOP plumbers need tech support:
The stuff of nightmares:
Change brings things to light:
DHS scrapped the effort to collect agency phones in order to try to recover deleted Secret Service texts:
Putin’s staff misunderstands:
