The Alito Flag Scandal Just Got Worse. Whats the Next Move for Dems?
b'Earlier this week, Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito\\xa0refused\\xa0to recuse himself from hearing Jan. 6-related cases amid controversy over an upside-down U.S. flag outside Alito\\u2019s home that\\u2019s\\xa0associated with\\xa0Donald Trump\\u2019s \\u201cStop the Steal\\u201d effort. Then, on Thursday, Chief Justice John Roberts\\xa0denied\\xa0Democrats\\u2019 demand for a meeting, adding to the imperiousness around the conservative justices and making the Alito scandal look worse. We talked to Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, a senior member of the Judiciary Committee, about what he called the \\u201comerta\\u201d code for right wing justices\\u2014and whether it\\u2019s time for hearings into the Alito mess. Listen to this episode\\xa0here.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'