if verizon customers sued over the mass warrants revealed he would also have to recuse himself

n/t

ALL of the judges had a bite out of Verizon, then what?????

she officially inherited them. I think that sucks. Love to see an investigative reporter track down how far back Alito's father-in-law owned each one of those stocks, and how many cases involving those corporations came before the USSC where he did NOT recuse himself!

that he should recuse himself for something that might eventually happen is complete and utter BS, sorry but it had to be said.
Feel free to continue to bash him though for alot of his rulings by all means though because he deserves it imo.

Families which have accumulated a lot of wealth guard it quite aggressively with the primary purpose of passing it on to succeeding generations. My extended family was modestly wealthy, and, especially as the patriarch aged, the next generation (my parents') was quite involved in making sure that the wealth was preserved for the benefit of first of all, his widow, and next, the following generation. The goal was to live off the dividends/interest/ etc., but never, never, never to touch the capital.

I am puzzled by the vehemence of your reply, i.e., "complete and utter BS".

I am not targeting only Alito on this matter, but any Judge hearing a case in which his or her close family members have financial investments in one of the parties. When a trial lawyer voir dires (that is, questions) potential jurors, we definitely ask about the juror's relatives including siblings, in-laws, parents and kids - not just spouses, in determining if there is a conflict of interest which would unfairly influence a juror's decision. When we depose or cross-examine witnesses, we also check out their family members' re contact with the case or any of the parties in the case.

but his FIL could have liquidated those positions before he passed.

In addition - he may not have even known what positions were held. My mother's advisor is a very active trader, "buy Coke, sell Pepsi", because she pays a % of assets under management - with no transaction costs. I would have no idea from one day to the next what constitutes her holdings.

They may have had no idea how Bobbie Gene Bomgardner planned to divvy up his estate. That said, I hope Alito gags on a bad radish.

that *ucking moron Clarence Thomas, When I dwell on the fact that we are stuck with this corrupt dolt for the foreseeable future I throw up n my mouth a little bit. And his teabagger wife Jenny made three quarters of a million dollars lobbying against Obamacare, which he conveniently forgot to disclose. He is classless, corrupt, petty, vindictive, idiot.

pulled over the years.

Perhaps it's time for him to realize that and step down.

... so that we impeach and remove Alito, along with Roberts, Thomas and the rest of the Rethugs.

My guess is that the majority of the Democrats now in Congress would vote against impeachment. Mere disagreement with a judge's rulings would generally not be considered a solid basis for removing him or her from office. (Then there's the additional problem that some of the Democrats probably agree with some of the decisions that DUers criticize.)

Along with any of them who have that many business ties. What are we going to have to do, have "Alternate" Supreme Court Justices? This government seems to be corrupted from top to bottom. Or should I say "IS" corrupt from top to bottom?

. . . unlike some of his colleagues.

In Scalia's world there is no conflict of interest