Sen. Whitehouse blasts Alito speech: 'You have fouled your nest, not us'

[Fla Dem]

The Hill
John Kruzel 20 hrs ago
September 14, 2021

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) on Thursday pushed back forcefully against a speech by Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito during which he depicted the high court as undeserving of recent scorn.

Whitehouse, a veteran member of the Senate Judiciary Committee and fierce critic of what he sees as the outsized influence of GOP donors in U.S. courts, said public disapproval was warranted. He also suggested Alito may be "touchy" because "his fingerprints are all over this pattern of Republican judicial activism."


"Understand that you have fouled your nest, not us," Whitehouse wrote in a piece published by Salon. "The Supreme Court must now at least match every other political institution with a renaissance of transparency. Democracy demands it. And the Court That Dark Money Built has squandered the benefit of the doubt."

The senator's fiery op-ed follows remarks Alito delivered last month at Notre Dame Law School in which the staunchly conservative justice bristled over recent criticism directed at the court.

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[Tetrachloride]

1. I have a feeling that unprecedented pressure will be brought on the right wing justices.

[BComplex]

24. "Understand that you have fouled your nest, not us!!" Truest words ever spoken!

The republican-appointed supremes are definitely shitting their nest.

[MyOwnPeace]

36. And leaving US to

clean that nest!

(hey, "B" - GREAT collection of pics on your post! )

[BComplex]

44. ....

[ck4829]

2. K&R

[mopinko]

3. please ja, let this spotlight cause a roach or 2 to flee.

wouldnt it be grand if roberts stood up and said- i'm dont want to be identified w this corrupt court. i quit.
he does seem to bristle just a bit at all this.

or maybe when ginny thomas ends up before the 1/6 committee, the spotlight will finally get too hot for silent tom.

keep on it sheldon. this cant continue.

[sprinkleeninow]

41. Dint Ginnie charter a bus providing transport?

[stopdiggin]

42. News sources are pretty unanimous in

discrediting that claim. Ginni Thomas was however a very enthusiastic (and vocal) supporter of the Jan 6th rally - and by extension overt efforts to set aside the election results.

A truly vomitous human being - but the bus thing appears to be without basis.

[sprinkleeninow]

43. Thanx. After a while, I just can't keep track of info be it fabricated or not.

[Cracklin Charlie]

4. Wow!

That was a blast!

More, please, Senator Whitehouse.

[MyOwnPeace]

37. "More, please, Senator Whitehouse."

DAMNED STRAIGHT!!!!!

We have been TOO QUIET!!!!!

WE need to "make the noise" and on the Sunday morning shows and front pages of every frickin' blog and internet site that exists!
Shout it out - let them know that (yeah, 'old movie' thing) WE'RE MAD AS HELL AND NOT GOING TO TAKE IT ANY MORE!!!!

[Hotler]

5. Thank you Sir. This is an example of the type of tough talk and attitude

the needs to be shown to the fascist in the House and the Senate. We play too nice.

[Scrivener7]

6. "The Court That Dark Money Built." PERFECT!

[onetexan]

21. +1 -K&R

[Lonestarblue]

7. I love Senator Whitehouse. He stands up for democracy.

[The Jungle 1]

13. I agree.

Look up his rant about the senator with the snowball. Classic Whitehouse

[BigmanPigman]

14. He reminds me of Gregory Peck in

To Kill a Mockingbird for some reason.

[scarytomcat]

33. we need a Whitehouse in the White House

He speaks for the people

[yardwork]

8. Alito is arguably the worst of the lot.

[joshdawg]

9. Yeah, along with Miss Amy, Gosuck, Thomas, and the habitual drunkard.

[RVN VET71]

39. I like to call him McRapey.

[BradAllison]

11. He is the worst

He has never made a major decision that isn't 100 percent in line with far right dogma.

[Ocelot II]

20. I agree. He might be even worse than Rehnquist.

The other conservative judges have at least occasionally strayed from Alito's path, maybe with the exception of Thomas, who was once Scalia's Mini-Me and is now Alito's.

[RVN VET71]

40. The most blatantly fascist and racist, yes.

I remember him mouthing the word “No,” during one of Obamas State of the Union addresses. Also, he doesn’t hide his racial animus or his support for Fascist-Republican authoritarianism.

[irisblue]

10. "And the Court That Dark Money Built has squandered the benefit of the doubt." FIRE FIRE FIRE

[dalton99a]

12. Equal Justice Under Law, my ass. What we have is fascists in robes

[Catherine Vincent]

15. I agree

And it started with Bush vs Gore.

[H2O Man]

17. +1

Good call. 100% accurate and exactly on target.

[czarjak]

16. Illegitimate presidents appoint illegitimate judges.

[gademocrat7]

18. Thank you, Senator Whitehouse

Continue to shine the light on these rethugs.

[BComplex]

19. I totally adore Senator Sheldon Whitehouse.

He is beyond kick-ass truthful! He is such a necessary warrior right now against the dark money that is destroying our democracy from every quarter.

[Peregrine Took]

29. Me, too. I love him so much!! He has more spunk than the rest of them put together. n/t

[BComplex]

45. I agree. Every time I hear him speak, it's like a light comes on in the world.

He's a clear, brilliant and committed warrior.

[notinkansas]

22. I bet he would make a great AG.

Can't afford to lose him in the Senate, though.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

23. Or to put it more crudely

You shit your bed now sleep in it.

[mountain grammy]

25. The Senator is correct. He always is.

[Mr. Ected]

26. The fascists hated liberal judicial activism so much

They campaigned against it and then implemented their own very toxic, very anti-American, very fascist version in every jurisdiction they could possible compromise.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

27. Alito lied about abolishing Roe in Texas

This man is a right wing partisan who is out to destroy Roe

[liberalla]

28. I love when Sen. Whitehouse gets passionate and waxes poetic about the law and democracy.

The Court That Dark Money Built ... god, that's great!

...and the fouling of the nest. I love it!

Alito deserves these jabs. I hope he stays uncomfortable. He needs to do some serious introspection.

[Grins]

30. Not just Alito!! Not by himself!

REPUBLICANS brought this.
CONSERVATISM brought this.

Sixty years and BILLIONS of dollars of conservative governing fantasies brought this.

[MyOwnPeace]

38. Indeed! And what a list of names......

Once Reagan became the "GOD" of the Cons, the snowball rolled into an avalanche that truly threatens to smother us and kill Democracy.

WE need to rise up and fight this as if it is our last chance to save democracy - because it just may well be.

[BlueIdaho]

31. Justice Robert's Kangaroo Court will go down in history

As the most corrupt, anti-democratic and unconstitutional court in American history.

They need to own this shit court, not try to blame anyone else.

[Pepsidog]

32. Sen. Whitehouse is the new Lion of the Senate.

[dchill]

34. That Alito - he's ALWAYS bristling!

[Hassler]

35. The blast from Whitehouse is so good that Stripsearch Sam's

Wife burst into tears and ran out of the room.

[Uncle Joe]

46. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread Fla Dem.