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Peter
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this dude is basically the nationā€™s leading expert on legal ethics, we are so cooked.

But Stephen Gillers, an expert in judicial ethics at New York University's law school, disagreed, noting that the test in the recusal statute is based on the perspective of a fair-minded person who has all the facts.
"I don't think such an objective observer would question Alito's impartiality based on this incident," Gillers said in an email. "I find it impossible to believe that Alito knew the flag was flying upside down or, if he did know, that he knew the relationship to 'Stop the Steal.' I don't believe he would have allowed this to happen otherwise."
Gillers added that while Alito's explanation for how it happened is "hard to believe, it is more credible than the view that he knowingly chose to fly the flag upside down knowing its political message."
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HDtakahanazawa.bsky.social

A scene from the Simpsons where a judge asks an inappropriately confident Lionel Hutz to clarify that he "rests his case" but captioned
You find it "impossible to believe"?
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JLjimmylabe.bsky.social

the opinion is based on the writer's inability to believe alito is in the wrong. dumb.

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WBwndlb.bsky.social

This is like the IDF saying it was impossible for Hamas to do something like Oct 7ā€¦

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Maaroncollom.bsky.social

"The obvious answer isnt credible because vibez"

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RCpfish.zone

Iā€™m the guy who believes Sam Alito isnā€™t marinating his brain in Newsmax every waking moment of his life

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CNcoriolusn.bsky.social

If the fact that a judge did it creates an irrebuttable presumption that the judge acted ethically because a judge would not act unethically, then what is the point of this guy's field? It has been rendered wholly moot by a single circular argument.

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BObilly158.bsky.social

Heā€™s a legal ethics expert but appears to have never read anything Alito has written or said.

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BKbriank.bsky.social

This man sent money to a Nigerian prince.

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DCmanxinwales.bsky.social

Does this not just mean that a normal person wouldn't believe someone in Alito's position would do something so ridiculous because its ridiculous? It doesn't mean that Alito didn't do it, just that its unbelievable. Which seems to be the basis for politics now...

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Peter
@notalawyer.bsky.social
No longer in good standing with the New York State bar
42.4k followers209 following1.5k posts