Clarissa-Jan Lim is a breaking/trending news blogger for MSNBC Digital. She was previously a senior reporter and editor at BuzzFeed News.
Sen. John Cornyn is staking out a position on Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito’s flag controversy that has put him at odds with Democrats — and some fellow Republicans. “I just think Democrats are determined to harass members of the Supreme Court,” the senator from Texas told CNN, adding: Cornyn’s comments came after The New York Times reported that a second flag with a Jan. 6 association was seen outside an Alito home, this time his vacation home in New Jersey last summer.
But the revelation that one of the country’s most powerful public officials — who is set to rule on key Jan. 6-related cases — had not one but two antidemocratic symbols displayed on his properties has sparked a firestorm. Democrats are calling for Alito to recuse himself from cases related to Jan. 6 and the 2020 election. Though Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell bemoaned “nonstop attacks on the Supreme Court,” there has been gentle criticism of Alito from GOP senators as well.
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