Alito, one of six conservative justices on the nine-member Supreme Court, confirmed he took a call from Trump on Tuesday, one day before Trump's lawyers filed a petition asking the court to halt his ...
Long used as a signal of distress, the inverted flag had been conspicuously brandished ... recognizing that his essay could have been interpreted as a call for Alito’s recusal, and thus a ...
Alito said he took the call Tuesday afternoon from Trump at the request of his former law clerk, William Levi, to recommend him for a job in the upcoming administration.
Alito had previously faced calls to recuse himself from decisions involving Trump after an upside-down flag associated with the 2020 election "Stop the Steal" movement was seen flying outside his ...
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito spoke to President-elect Trump Tuesday to recommend a former law clerk for a job in the ...
Thursday was not the first time Alito has faced public calls for recusal from cases. Following reports earlier this year that politically-charged flags adopted by Jan. 6 rioters were seen flying ...
Alito Jr. should recuse himself from a decision ... Judicial Institute and a former federal judge, also said the call raised red flags. “Contemporaneous out-of-court communications between ...
May 2024The Times reports Alito flew a flag upside down outside his house ... to ABC News his former law clerk asked him to take a call from the president-elect, and they did not discuss Trump ...
On Tuesday, just hours before Donald Trump ’s legal team asked the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene and pause his sentencing today in the New York case involving hush money payments to adult film star ...
Nevertheless, Justice Alito’s call with Trump has only heightened concerns ... “He’s got the flag incident. It’s the separation of the judiciary from the executive. It’s the classic ...
Long used as a signal of distress, the inverted flag had been conspicuously brandished ... recognizing that his essay could have been interpreted as a call for Alito’s recusal, and thus a ...