Targeting Alito

As we have reported, leftist politicians launched a smear campaign against Justice Clarence Thomas in an effort to force him to recuse himself from major cases. In recent days, the left has expanded that effort to a new target: Justice Samuel Alito.

If you aren’t aware of the controversy surrounding Justice Alito, the left is attacking him over a flag he flew at his beach house last year – the Appeal to Heaven flag.

Sen. Dick Durbin, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) have demanded that Justice Alito recuse himself from any and all upcoming cases involving Donald Trump. They are also demanding a meeting with Chief Justice John Roberts. Durbin and Whitehouse are being pushed by leftists like Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

Let’s be absolutely clear about this: These left-wing politicians are attempting to intimidate the Supreme Court, the one branch of government they do not control.

This is a serious effort, but I don’t believe Thomas or Alito will succumb to it. But it will set the stage for the left to claim later, when a decision from the Supreme Court doesn’t go their way, that it is an illegitimate decision.

So, the louder they get in accusing others of “threatening our democracy,” the more they step up their efforts to threaten our democracy, which is based on three co-equal branches of government.