{"id":2246906,"date":"2024-05-17T13:48:01","date_gmt":"2024-05-17T17:48:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/durbin-demands-alito-recuse-from-trump-supreme-court-cases-for-stop-the-steal-flag\/"},"modified":"2024-05-17T13:49:57","modified_gmt":"2024-05-17T17:49:57","slug":"durbin-demands-alito-recuse-from-trump-supreme-court-cases-for-stop-the-steal-flag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/durbin-demands-alito-recuse-from-trump-supreme-court-cases-for-stop-the-steal-flag\/","title":{"rendered":"Durbin urges Alito to recuse from Trump SCOTUS cases over &#8216;Stop the Steal&#8217; flag"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdurbin-demands-alito-recuse-from-trump-supreme-court-cases-for-stop-the-steal-flag%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2246906&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin urged \u2062Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito\u2062 to recuse himself from \u200c2020 election-related cases. \u2062The call comes after an incident involving an upside-down flag at the Alitos&#8217; home post-Capitol riot, symbolizing the \u2063&#8217;Stop the Steal&#8217; campaign. Durbin stated that this act, influenced by Alito&#8217;s wife, raises bias concerns, \u2064emphasizing the need for Alito&#8217;s immediate recusal in\u200c relevant cases.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/dick-durbin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Samuel Alito\">Dick Durbin<\/a> (D-IL) on Friday called on Supreme Court Justice <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/samuel-alito\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Samuel Alito\">Samuel Alito<\/a> to recuse himself from 2020 election-related cases.<\/p>\n<p>The demand from the second-ranking Senate Democrat came in response to a report that an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/3007682\/alito-questioned-wife-flew-upside-down-flag-yard-2020-election\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"upside-down flag was flown\">upside-down flag was flown<\/a> outside the Alitos home following the 2021 Capitol riot, a symbol synonymous with the \u201cStop the Steal\u201d campaign claiming former President Donald Trump was the true 2020 election victor.<\/p>\n<p>Durbin said the action brandished outside the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bill-barr-says-scotus-may-need-special-counsel-to-out-leaker-floats-criminal-charges\/\" title=\"Bill Barr Says SCOTUS May Need Special Counsel To Out Leaker, Floats Criminal Charges\">conservative justice\u2019<\/a>s home, shown in photographs published by the<em> New York Times<\/em> that was done at the behest of Alito\u2019s wife, \u201cclearly creates the appearance of bias.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJustice Alito should recuse himself immediately from cases related to the 2020 election and the January 6th insurrection, including the question of the former President\u2019s immunity in <em>U.S. v. Donald Trump<\/em>, which the Supreme Court is currently considering,\u201d Durbin said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>In the coming weeks, the nation\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hollywood-celebs-rage-in-defeat-after-barrett-confirmation-revolting-disgraceful-unconscionable\/\" title=\"Hollywood Celebs Rage in Defeat After Barrett Confirmation: 'Revolting. Disgraceful. Unconscionable'\">high court<\/a> is expected to hand down rulings on cases tied to the Capitol riot, including whether Trump, the 2024 presumptive Republican presidential nominee, has immunity related to criminal charges of trying to overturn the election.<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), left, speaks with Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) before President Joe Biden delivers the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress at the Capitol, Thursday, March 7, 2024, in Washington. (Shawn Thew\/Pool via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThe Court is in an ethical crisis of its own making, and Justice Alito and the rest of the Court should be doing everything in their power to regain public trust,\u201d Durbin said. \u201cSupreme Court justices should be held to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-already-having-to-deal-with-ethical-headache-created-by-kamala-harris-niece-report\/\" title=\"White House Already Having To Deal With \u2018Ethical Headache\u2019 Created By Kamala Harris\u2019 Niece: Report\">highest ethical standards<\/a>, not the lowest.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Alito denied having any involvement in the flag\u2019s display and said it was his wife\u2019s doing as part of a dispute with a neighbor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had no involvement whatsoever in the flying of the flag,\u201d Alito told the<em> New York Times<\/em> in a statement. \u201cIt was briefly placed by Mrs. Alito in response to a neighbor\u2019s use of objectionable and personally insulting language on yard signs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Alito told <em>Fox News Sunday<\/em> host Shannon Bream that tensions escalated with a neighbor in the days after the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, including a sign that blamed the Alitos for the attack and vulgar words from the neighbor directed at the justice and his wife, Martha-Ann Alito. She displayed the upside-down flag \u201cfor a short time\u201d following the altercation, Alito told Bream.<\/p>\n<p>Durbin said the flag incident was \u201cfurther proof\u201d that Congress should pass his ethics bill that would \u201ccreate an enforceable code of conduct for the Supreme Court.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senate Judiciary Chair Dick Durbin (D-IL) urged Justice Alito to recuse from 2020 election cases. 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