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Rene Rountree's avatar

I will disagree with you Ken about whether or not Alito should recuse himself.

When my husband was on Active Duty I knew, as a spouse, I could not put any political signs in our yard. I was free to work for any campaign or political party but could not, under any circumstances, make my position known by having a yard sign. If I would have done that, someone could have reported our house to my husband’s commander or the base commander and my husband would have been called in to explain why he had that in his yard. If he would have said, “My wife did it. She has strong views.” He would have been told in no uncertain terms that it was his responsibility to control his dependents and to insure that policies/regulations were followed. Now imagine if I wanted to fly the inverted American Flag?

Also, according to the NYTimes article, “There are some differences: For instance, the justice told Fox News that his wife hoisted the flag in response to Ms. Baden’s vulgar insult. A text message and the police call — corroborated by Fairfax County authorities — indicate, however, that the name-calling took place on Feb. 15, weeks after the inverted flag was taken down.” So to blame it on a neighborhood dispute was in fact false.

So, according to this logic an Active Duty Military member’s family should be held to a higher standard than a Supreme Court Justice’s family? I don’t think so. We all know what the standards are as they pertain to our or our spouses work. We should abide by them and if we don’t we should all be held to the same standards.

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Barbara Sealy's avatar

I think it took courage to be a juror on this case. It also took/takes courage to be the judge considering the gravity and threats surrounding the trial, conviction and sentencing. We thank them for their service.

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