It turns out Sam Alito hates the Constitution as much as you thought he did.

Summary

Justice Samuel Alito, a self-described Originalist, has been criticized for allegedly disregarding the Constitutionā€™s text when it conflicts with his personal views.

Recently, it emerged that Alito accepted a knighthood from a European order, despite the Constitutionā€™s ban on foreign titles for U.S. officials.

This title, from the House of Bourbonā€“Two Sicilies, raises questions about Alitoā€™s commitment to American democratic ideals, which the Framers aimed to protect from foreign influence.

Critics argue that Alitoā€™s actions reflect hypocrisy in his supposed adherence to Originalism and constitutional principles.

    • masterofn001@lemmy.ca
      7Ā·
      9 hours ago

      Knights of Malta are having a rebirth and have been active with his sort.

      (Edit: well, waddaya know: https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/justice-alitos-royalist-cosplay.html

      Conservative lobbyist and court-packer Leonard Leo belongs to the Sovereign Military Order of the Knights of Malta, a Catholic lay order that dates to the Crusades. The Opus Dei organization, best known for its super-kinky corporal-mortification rules, sent a priest wearing a spiked garter under his cassock to convert a swath of Republicans in Washington ā€” a project that has proved quite successful.)

      He does fly this flag at his home, though

      Itā€™s not because of itā€™s original use.

      Itā€™s because heā€™s a major player/member in the NAR (the new apostolic reformation) which is an accelerationist movement with the explicit intent to bring about Armageddon so Jesus can return.

      I shit you not.

      https://www.thebulwark.com/p/appeal-to-heaven-flag-nar-alito

      • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
        2Ā·
        1 hour ago

        Lol what a shit flag. It looks like fucking clip art. Some of the most boomer-coded shit I have ever seen in my life.