WTF..........POS Alito suggests Kagan frequents AshleyMadison.com (affair/hookup site)

[Celerity]

Link to tweet

Alito: JDate ... is a dating service, I gather, for Jewish people.

Kagan: It is.

Alito: Maybe Justice Kagan will also be familiar with the next website I'm going to mention ... http://AshleyMadison.com.

IS SAMUEL ALITO THE BIGGEST SLEAZEBAG ON THE SUPREME COURT? A BRIEF INVESTIGATION

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/12/samuel-alito-elena-kagan-black-santa-kkk-ashley-madison

[niyad]

1. Context, please?? And. . WTAF?... Even I know about that site.

[Mad_Machine76]

3. Alito made that comment

during oral arguments about the website designer case the other day

[niyad]

5. Thank you. It just seemed so bizarre.

[OMGWTF]

19. An absolute BS case. The plaintiff doesn't even have a company yet. No one has been damaged and

there were no lower court rulings to interpret. This court is illegitimate.

[Mad_Machine76]

21. Agreed

She does run a website company but she doesn't even do websites for weddings from my understanding. The so-called "Alliance Defending Freedom" brought the suit and largely argued hypotheticals to try to overturn anti-discrimination laws in Colorado. Unfortunately, it may work given the composition of the court.

[wryter2000]

23. Isn't the question moot?

Why are they hearing it? This is utterly bogus.

[Cheezoholic]

26. Said this yesterday. Seems to me they are legislating

If that's the case they are out of control and out of bounds. They can't make law and they have been blown off in the past when they overstep. They need put back in their corner.

[cyclonefence]

2. It really hurts

when my jaw drops so far it hits the floor.

[Scrivener7]

4. He has discovered how much he loves his notoriety and his status of hero to the he-man-women-haters

club.

He's just going to get worse from here on.

[Baitball Blogger]

6. Holy Shit!

Mud-raking on the Supreme Court from the public servants who are supposed to be role models for dignity and integrity!


Shi-itt! We are in new dark waters for plot-writing, because no writer, NO WRITER would have been taken seriously if he or she came up with a book that addressed the realities we're facing today.

[PCIntern]

7. She should have retorted:

As you might well know the sites PornHub and YouPorn, Mr Justice Alito…

(I’ve only just heard about these sites. That’s my story and I’m sticking to it )

[NullTuples]

64. How about we DON'T do, insinuate-he-might-be-gay-as-a-slur?

I thought DU was safe for LGBTQ people but the last few days really have me questioning that assumption.

[IbogaProject]

72. excuse me

I apologise it was a wrong suggestion. Where his bringing up the cheater site should've been the focus for any insults towards that vile inJuctice.

[NullTuples]

79. Thank you!

[vlyons]

30. Why no, Justice Alito, I'm not familiar with that site. Tell me what that site is about.

Well so much for the dignity of the USSC. He can't hide his misogyny.

[calimary]

51. Or - "Aha! I see your reputation for degrading and diminishing women is showing.

How’s your S&M collection these days, Mr. Justice Alito?”

[riversedge]

105. ++++

[lefthandedskyhook]

8. POS alito

Is this individual impeachable for leaking court decisions?

[peppertree]

27. Scumlito

Italian for little scum.

[Faux pas]

9. EFFER

[Tetrachloride]

10. Resignation might save him. Alito sounds like an incel.

[area51]

13. +1 n/t

[Hekate]

68. I keep trying to tell you all he thinks he's a medieval cleric. If he's celibate, it's on purpose

Freaking Opus Dei.

I’m not really even joking — just as he is not joking when he smears an unmarried Jewish woman, someone who is his peer on the Supreme Court.

[Tetrachloride]

69. ty for reminder

[Hugh_Lebowski]

11. I'm 'familiar' in the sense I've heard of it and know what it is

But I've never visited it (and trust me, slut that I am, I would tell ya).

This seems like much ado about nothing IMHO.

[DenaliDemocrat]

12. He's still a federal employee

That dumbass just sexually harassed her. Not sure what you do about it, but that doesn’t fly in the government

[crickets]

28. +1

[Hekate]

32. The problem we have with the SCOTUS now is that they self-regulate. Period. There are no rules...

…that apply to these lifetime-appointed people. Unlike any other federal judges, they are not even required to recuse themselves in the case of a conflict of interest.

This works only as long as everyone makes it work. Like the “norms” and “guardrails” that Trump kept smashing — the talking heads bleated and wrung their hands, and nothing was done that could make him stop.

I finally figured out “norms” are not laws. What they are is the equivalent of a gentlemen’s agreement from a bygone era. People who have solid ethics and/or an acute sense of social shame will not break norms — and with Trump we were confronted for the first time with a president who had no shame whatsoever. An oath of office worked well in a society where most people took the Almighty seriously enough that they were not only wary of social shaming and prison, but really believed in repercussions in an afterlife. The very meaning of oaths has been slipping for quite awhile.

The Supreme Court has been corrupted beyond belief, imo. Thanks to a 40+ year plan, we now have a 6-3 majority of religious fanatics in charge. As has been proven throughout human history, “power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely” — and when you truly believe the Almighty (see above) endorses your behavior rather than restrains it, very bad things happen. Alito is so confident in his place in the universe of a punitive and hateful god that he has no difficulty citing a medieval cleric and a 16th century witch-burner in an opinion affecting the life of every woman and girl in a 21st century nation founded on secular 18th century Enlightenment principles.

Now he has publicly smeared the good name of a fellow Justice who is a single woman and a Jew.

You are right: this is sexual harassment. It’s also revelatory of the sheer contempt he holds for everybody who isn’t male and his brand of Christian.

But who is going to stop him now? He has a 6-3 majority, a lifetime appointment, an undemocratic mindset, and the endorsement (in his mind) of God Almighty.

[brush]

14. What an evil bastard. Isn't this called an attempt at "outing"?

He thought he was being sly in doing this to a fellow justice but he's just destroyed any collegiality at SCOTUS.

He's a POS as he's already suspected of leaking the Dobbs decision, the Hobby Lobby one, and now this. Tensions have to be extraodinarily high and uncomfortable in their meetings/hearings.

Roberts has lost all institutional control over this dick head and the Court.

[in2herbs]

16. My conclusion is that Alito is in early to mid stages of dementia, mild cognitive impairment. Also,

IMO he needs to be examined for competency to do his job ASAP.

[tanyev]

42. That was my first thought.

And I guess there are no procedures in place to deal with a justice who won’t get examined voluntarily.

[former9thward]

97. There are none.

Justice Douglas, a great liberal Justice, unfortunately had a form of dementia at the end and refused to leave the court. He wrote opinions saying trees could file lawsuits. The Court simply ignored his vote and if that made the case a 4-4 tie they held the case over until he retired or died.

[tanyev]

107. Oh wow, never knew that.

Very sad.

[barbtries]

60. see below.

i had the very same thought. it doesn't make sense that suddenly he'd be acting like a bad, bigoted comic.

[NullTuples]

66. Or he's just evil and feels no constraints now that "his side" has a comfortable majority...

Why give his bad behavior excuses based on nothing but....not wanting to call him evil?

[JohnSJ]

17. Obviously Alito frequents the website he just mentioned

[geardaddy]

18. That was my thought.

Right-wingers project so hard all the time.

[VWolf]

22. Yep. Projection. It's a conservative thing. n/t

[KPN]

24. Exactly what my thought was immediately. I never heard of the site. Why would I?

I have to assume he knows about it for a reason. F’ing smug prick.

[Deminpenn]

39. Had the same thought

Why would an upstanding Catholic man bring up a website dedicated to facilitating secret extra-marital affairs? Is he having a secret affair? Definitely a job for internet sleuths to research.

[uponit7771]

81. +1,

[cbabe]

20. They obviously know they're obsolete so last few vicious swipes while they can.

[wryter2000]

25. Can the Senate investigate this creep?

Because of the leaked Hobby Lobby decision. And bring out all the other crap, like lying about Roe during his confirmation. We'd never be able to remove him, but we might teach him some manners.

[bahboo]

29. fucker is unfit to serve...

[iemanja]

31. He was joking

People are making too much of this.

[Orrex]

36. He can go fuck himself with his gavel.

I’m not joking.

[cbabe]

43. Sexual harassment is not funny. It's a crime.

[iemanja]

61. Did you listen to the audio?

[TheBeam19]

75. Is it?

Making inappropriate jokes or mentioning or even alluding to sex in the workplace is a crime? Who in the US has gone to jail for making such comments? Who has even been charged with a crime for comments?

Are you confusing criminal action with civil?

[cbabe]

91. EEOC/federal law: sexual harassment

https://www.eeoc.gov › sexual-harassment
Sexual Harassment | U.S. Equal

Employment Opportunity Commission - US EEOC

Sexual Harassment It is unlawful to harass a person (an applicant or employee) because of that person's sex. Harassment can include "sexual harassment" or unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical harassment of a sexual nature.

https://www.ncsl.org › research › labor-and-employment › sexual-harassment-in-the-workplace.aspx

Sexual Harassment in the Workplace - National Conference of State ...

Aug 12, 2021In the late 1980's, the Supreme Court interpreted Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to include discrimination based on "sex" as sexual harassment in the workplace. The law recognizing sexual harassment as a form of sex discrimination applies to private employers with 15 or more employees, as well as government and labor organizations.

https://nwlc.org › resource › workplace-sexual-harassment-the-basics

Workplace Sexual Harassment: The Basics - National Women's Law Center

Generally, under federal law, employers are responsible for sexual harassment that is severe behavior, like sexual assault, even if it only happens once, or it can be less severe behavior that keeps happening again and again. Whether your employer is responsible for the sexual harassment also may depend on who did the harassment.

[TheBeam19]

94. That's civil, not criminal.

[cbabe]

95. Criminal law

https://criminal.laws.com › harassment › sexual-harassment

Sexual Harassment - Criminal Law - LAWS.COM

Sexual harassment is an illegal act that constitutes unwanted conduct of a sexual nature. Sexual harassment can take on a physical, emotional, or verbal form. Typically these actions take place in school, a work environment, or elsewhere. The legal definition of sexual harassment has expanded and includes all actions that precipitate some form ...

(Done for now.)

[TheBeam19]

96. Physical, yes. That's battery.

If accompanied by other actions that are already crimes then, yes, that can be a crime because, well, those actions are already crimes. Maybe this will help you: https://www.criminaldefenselawyer.com/resources/is-sexual-harassment-workplace-a-crime.htm

But there is no situation in which an unwanted comment at work will land someone in jail, which is what you implied. That is civil. That is not criminal. This is precisely why you cannot cite a single case of someone going to jail for making a comment at work.

It’s total misinformation.

Good call being “done for now.”

[uponit7771]

83. +1,

[bluesbassman]

47. Back in the day when I was a heavy equipment mechanic...

Guys used to “joke around” like that in the break room. Even the roughest of these rough around the edges guys knew enough to shut their pie holes when one of the women from the office walked in.

I expect at least that much from a USSC justice.

[vanlassie]

49. Joking? Are you serious?

In what sense would that comment ever be considered funny in a workplace? Ever.

[iemanja]

59. Did you listen to the audio?

[vanlassie]

65. Oh- is there a certain tone of voice that makes it OK?

Or if the other person laughs?
No, I’m not listening to that asshole.

[iemanja]

70. Then you don't know what he said

So how can you comment on it? It's not just tone; it's the actual words he used.

[treestar]

71. He was just using it for an example

a hypothetical, though why he addressed her is a mystery; she had just confirmed the J site was for Jewish people, so maybe that's why.

[ShazzieB]

99. Please stop.

Applying the label "joking" to ssomething insulting and offensive does not magically make it okay.

[treestar]

100. I didn't say anything about joking

You out the response in the wrong place.

[iemanja]

102. He addressed her because she volunteered her knowledge of Jdate

It's hardly a mystery if you listened to the audio.

[vanlassie]

80. Yes, I read the actual words he used.

And I am responding to your explaining to us that we are making too much of it because it was “a joke.” And, you apparently are serious. Supreme Justice Alito, in an open forum, suggests to Supreme Justice Kagen that she might be familiar with a marriage cheating site. Am I missing anything? Did I get the actual words wrong or anything?

[treestar]

101. Anybody could be

Familiar with it. I’d heard if it. Doesn’t mean I use it.

[iemanja]

103. Not if you are basing your understanding on this OP

You missed the exchange in which Kagan volunteered her knowledge of Jdate. That is what the entire conversation was based on. He also said that he didn't think Kagan actually would be familiar with Ashley Madison. But don't let that get in the way of contrived outraged. It's so much more fun that reality.

It's not like anyone has to manufacture reasons to dislike Alito. He's given us plenty of them.

[Pinback]

56. You forgot the Sarcasm tag.

“Can’t you take a joke?” is one of the first lines of attack for the workplace misogynist.

[Hekate]

67. Bingo. "Can't you take a joke?" Feminists are humorless. Or maybe she's a you-know-what....

These things are widely known. Many people are saying.

[uponit7771]

82. This wasn't in any way funny and I would've said something if it was done in the workplace context

[iemanja]

104. Did you listen to the audio?

Let me know if you did. Then we can talk about it.

[Marthe48]

33. taunting and flaunting his lifetime appointment?

That garbage needs to go to the curb.

And how does alito know so much about dating sites? Pig

[hadEnuf]

34. Alito is garbage.

He is just like the MAGATs infesting Congress.

[quakerboy]

35. interesting way to out himself

they do what they accuse others of. its a republican compulsion, I think.

[milestogo]

37. Kagan is not married. Ashley Madison is for married people who want to cheat.

Why would Kagan be associated with a dating website for married people who want to cheat? Sounds more like Alito's thing to me.

[Celerity]

45. some singles are on there looking for a sugar daddy or sugar mommy, or they just like

to date and/or fuck married men and women

[roamer65]

85. Fuck Scalito.

[Hekate]

73. His so-called joke was a smear on two levels. First, he established that she's Jewish, right?

Just to make sure she and everybody else know that he thinks she’s The Other.

Second, he untruthfully associates her with a social site which is explicitly about people cheating on their spouses. Just because he can. Because he’s the type who’s all up in other people’s sex lives, and he wanted to smear her and diminish her standing.

A woman who is his peer on the High Court, by the way.

[NullTuples]

78. I wish this had been my comment; it is perfect.

Thank you for it.

[milestogo]

90. Thirdly, he demonstrated that married people can talk down to unmarried people

and treat them like second class citizens.

[Javaman]

38. alito is one seriously fucked up dude. nt

[DFW]

40. And I suggest Alito attends lynchings, and brings the family for a picnic

Although I think mine is far less of a stretch than his.

[Texin]

41. Does this chicken fried fuck actually think he's being cute?

What a despicable piece of shit he is. His contempt for his seat on this bench - for fucking LIFE - couldn't be more obvious.

[Celerity]

46. ...

[dchill]

44. Is he trying to resurrect Long Dong Silver, while he's at it?

Maybe someone left a public hair on his Coke can. Oh, I think someone did! Somebody who doesn't want competition for the spot as Crudest Justice.

[littlemissmartypants]

48. So dignified. NOT! Straight up workplace sexual harassment!

I'd love to see Justice Kagan register a formal complaint based on gender and religious harassment. If there isn't a way to seek redress in this situation that needs to be fixed, ASAP.

Evil Alito needs a dressing down for this. If not by his "boss" then by the judiciary and the public at large. Unfortunately, there's probably a legion of assh*les, just like him, who find nothing wrong with his behavior.

I'd love to see the SPLC weight in on this. If they haven't already.

❤️pants

Sammy, you're a misogynistic, assh*le! Sleezeball is too good for you.

[Warpy]

50. Ashley Madison is a scam site dedicated to relieving horndog males of their money

because it tends to be all male, no women at all. It promises hookups, but promises are all men get from it.

Alito seems to have more than a passing acquaintance with that site. I just have to wonder how much cash he's given up to them, ultra moral Roman Catholic bastion of family values that he is.

I do wish we had a way to dump him off the bench. He has made too many decisions based on mediaeval RCC canon law and too few decisions based on the US constitution and body of established law in this country.

Yes, he's an ignorant, incompetent man twisted with hatred of everything female and I am calling him out.

[Paladin]

52. Alito knows a lot more about the site than I do. For which I'm thankful.

I hope we get the opportunity to use his self-proclaimed knowledge against him in the near future.

[Ligyron]

93. Although I met the love of my life on that site. nt

[Bo Zarts]

53. Is Alito drinking again?

Some people are wondering ..

[barbtries]

54. is he in the early stages of dementia?

this is 2 days in a row that he said something shocking and disrespectful. WTF

[Hekate]

74. Drunk on power, is my guess

[Solly Mack]

55. Why, yes. The site connected to conservatives like that incestuous Duggar man. I've read about it.

You know, the one in prison for child porn.

Would have been my answer. I would have smiled sweetly the while answering.

[ShazzieB]

98. That was when I read about it.

When the sleazebag eldest Duggar son Josh was caught having an account there, it was all over the web for a while. First time I ever heard of Ashley Madison, and the only reason I know anything about it now.

It seems ironically tame, compared to what he got sent to prison and is currently serving time for (kiddie porn, if anyone doesn't know), but as a supposedly "upstanding" husband, father, and member of one of the most famous evangelical "Christian" families in the country, it was a bombshell at the time.

[Solly Mack]

106. That's how I learned about it too. A bunch of people caught up in it.

I read about it here on DU.

[Pepsidog]

57. Maybe Alito's projecting here, poor, fragile Martha but check Sammy's " significant locations" and

google searches to see what he is up to. You know these holier than thou types are the ones usually caught in a car across from the school playground with his pants down by his ankles. Remember Martha was so offended when little Sammy was questioned by mean old democrats at his confirmation and she clutched her pearls and weeped. Alito gonna need to stop talking about Ashley Madison, black Santa, and white kids in KKK outfits and STFUP!!!

[cannabis_flower]

58. And what if she does

How is it relevant to anything?

[lindysalsagal]

62. Ya know, sometimes, inappropriate comments can be part of early senility

I've seen it before. Maybe his family needs to bring him home and care for him??????????

[NullTuples]

63. How is this not workplace harassment?

But also, is he not so subtly implying that in his head there's a hierarchy to protections that places white Christian males at the top?

[Hekate]

76. Not subtle at all

[uponit7771]

84. +1, ... I don't see him asking such of a Christian male

[Hassler]

77. Scalito wants to be the standup comedian every wants to punch in the face

[MissMillie]

86. I heard the exchange on radio news yesterday... he really didn't

That absolutely was not the sense I got from the comments at all.

[Freethinker65]

87. Pick's disease?

Alito seems to have lost his inhibitions, exhibits lack of respect, and no longer has control of childish behaviors.

[ProfessorGAC]

88. Why Does Alito Know So Much About That Site?

She should have asked him that.

[BlueIdaho]

92. The Robert's Kangaroo Court

Is an embarrassment to America. It’s a shit show in black robes.