WaPo’s Jen Rubin Attacks Supreme Court As ‘Rogue Institution’ On MSNBC
Washington Post columnist Jennifer Rubin attacked the Supreme Court as a “rogue institution” during a Saturday interview on MSNBC.
Rubin joined host Ali Velshi for a discussion over the weekend to discuss the recent controversy involving Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito hanging an upside-down U.S. flag over his home in January 2021. The flag when upside is believed to be connected to dire distress and a symbol of protest.
In fact, some critics of Alito have seen the hanging of the flag as a way of supporting former President Donald Trump’s false claim of fraud in the 2020 election. Other justices such as Clarence Thomas also face scrutiny regarding his wife’s sympathy for the January 6th Capitol rioters.
Rubin noted that these ethics concerns should stop Alito and Clarence for overseeing Trump’s immunity appeal.
Yeah I was just going to say that part of the problem is the Supreme Court bar. They should be making motions to recuse these people, those people who have been on the wrong side of six, three decisions. Well, these guys have sat on the court should be asking for a rehearing. Judges who who did not abide by their oath, who have plainly repudiated the Constitution, decided these cases. So the Supreme Court bar has to get into this. And I will also make a point that the person who broke this story, Jodi Kantor, is a fabulous investigative reporter. She is not the, quote, court reporter. The problem is that the court reporters don’t investigate and treat the court like a regular beat. They don’t do investigative work. They don’t press for answers. They do not treat them critically. They are so in awe of their subject matter that they act simply like the press office of the court. So more Jodi Kantor. The press coverage of the court has to change, and I think the bar that goes to the court has to begin to put pressure on them as well. There’s a complicity and a, sort of silence, of normality that’s got to end. This is a rogue institution that has gone off the rails.
Watch the clip above via MSNBC.
