Melissa Murray: Justice Alito’s Letter Not to Recuse Is a ‘Giant Double Fingered F-U’ to the American Public

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MURRAY: "First of all, this letter is nominally addressed to Congress. It is a giant double-fingered F-U to the American public. This man is not simply saying he’s not fond of flying flags, but his wife is. He’s basically trolling Americans who know that he is the author of 'Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization,' the decision that withdrew the constitutional right to abortion that Roe v. Wade established. He wrote that decision. And he says not once, not twice, but three times that his wife as a private citizen is in possession of rights, rights that allow her to 'make decisions that he has always honored and respects her choices to do so.' Again, this is the same man who withdrew from millions of American women the right to make decisions about their own body. This is a trolling, trolling letter, a giant F-U to the American public. He does not dispute the fact that the flags flew upside-down at their home in Fairfax County, nor does he dispute that the flag, the 'Appeal to Heaven' flag was flying at their vacation home in Long Beach Island, New Jersey. Instead, he says, 'She did it. I can’t control her.' That’s the best part. What is going on among these conservative justices where they cannot seem to control their own wives? Clarence can’t stop Ginni Thomas from texting Mark Meadows in the middle of an insurrection. Justice Alito can’t seem to stop Martha Ann from flying the American flag upside-down at their home. But nonetheless, they have decided that they’re going to write opinions that seek to control every other American woman. What is going on here?"