“I had no involvement whatsoever in the flying of the flag,” Alito said in a written statement to The New York Times, which first reported the story this week.
A Supreme Court justice being unmasked as having a partisan tilt wouldn’t be illegal – just awkward and icky.
Shannon Stapleton/ReutersCouples behaving badlyFormer Rep. Duncan Hunter, a California Republican, pioneered the Mrs. defense when he and his wife were both accused of funneling campaign funds for private use.
A unanimous US Supreme Court, including Alito, later vacated the governor’s conviction and narrowed the scope by which prosecutors can pursue bribery allegations.
The Mrs. defense could conceivably be turned on its head and used by a powerful woman to blame her husband.
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