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Justice Samuel Alito Under Fire for KKK Joke During Oral Argument
New York Post ^
| December 6, 2022
| Snejana Farberov
Posted on 12/06/2022 12:04:16 PM PST by nickcarraway
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito faced backlash Tuesday for joking about a child in a Ku Klux Klan robe visiting a black Santa during arguments in a high-profile free speech case.
The justices were weighing the case of a Christian graphic designer from Colorado who objects to designing wedding websites for same-sex couples when Alito proposed a hypothetical scenario, asking whether a black person dressed as Santa could refuse to take a picture with a child dressed in a KKK robe.
Colorado Solicitor General Eric Olson, who is representing the state in the challenge against its law, responded “No,” because Ku Klux Klan outfits wouldn’t be protected under public accommodation laws.
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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: District of Columbia
KEYWORDS: kkk; samuelalito; supremecourt
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To: nickcarraway
You’re not allowed to tell jokes about Democrats Justice Alito.
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posted on
12/06/2022 12:05:23 PM PST
by
Nextrush
(FREEDOM IS EVERBODY'S BUSINESS-REMEMBER PASTOR NIEMOLLER)
To: nickcarraway
Does he realize the kkk were demonrats angry they had their slaves taken away?
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posted on
12/06/2022 12:05:37 PM PST
by
No name given
(Anonymous is who you’ll know me as. )
To: nickcarraway
It’s forbidden to have a sense of humor these days.
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posted on
12/06/2022 12:06:08 PM PST
by
EvilCapitalist
(81 million votes my ass.)
To: nickcarraway
“Alito proposed a hypothetical scenario”
Not his job.
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posted on
12/06/2022 12:06:21 PM PST
by
proust
(All posts made under this handle are, for the intents and purposes of the author, considered satire.)
To: nickcarraway
What one wears in a circumstance is not what matters.
This guy is an idiot.
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posted on
12/06/2022 12:06:39 PM PST
by
ConservativeMind
(Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
To: proust
Actually, it is, during such encounters.
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posted on
12/06/2022 12:07:10 PM PST
by
ConservativeMind
(Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
To: nickcarraway
What is the joke? Sounded like a valid question.
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posted on
12/06/2022 12:07:10 PM PST
by
frogjerk
(More people have died trusting the government than not trusting the government.)
To: nickcarraway
Libs got their panties in a wad again and are offended.
Too bad...
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posted on
12/06/2022 12:07:14 PM PST
by
Roman_War_Criminal
(Jesus + Something = Nothing ; Jesus + Nothing = Everything )
To: nickcarraway
He must have made his point...otherwise they wouldn’t be working so hard to miss it.
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posted on
12/06/2022 12:07:25 PM PST
by
G Larry
( "woke" means 'stupid enough to fall for the promotion of every human weakness into a virtue')
To: nickcarraway
Humor is no longer a protected form of free speech.
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posted on
12/06/2022 12:08:28 PM PST
by
Thommas
(The snout of the camel is already under the tent.)
To: ConservativeMind
If it is, then they can dream up hypothetical scenarios forever. Strict interpretation is very different just making stuff up.
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posted on
12/06/2022 12:08:47 PM PST
by
proust
(All posts made under this handle are, for the intents and purposes of the author, considered satire.)
To: nickcarraway
No jokes sir. No jokes. Not till we’re back in charge.
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posted on
12/06/2022 12:09:04 PM PST
by
Vaquero
(Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you. )
To: nickcarraway
Harmless throw away line.
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posted on
12/06/2022 12:09:21 PM PST
by
MrHead
(Where is it written that elective surgery grants you more rights?)
To: frogjerk
I agree. I don’t think he as joking. He was trying to frame the issue in a way woke leftists could comprehend. Where does this “making a joke” angle even get started with this?
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posted on
12/06/2022 12:09:30 PM PST
by
Codeflier
(Screw Ukraine. America is burning, and we need to concentrate on our own collapse taking place)
To: proust
Huh? This sort of “what if...” hypothetical is what they do all day long at SCOTUS oral arguments.
To: proust
‘Hypothetical scenarios’ are common legal props voiced by attorneys all over this country.
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posted on
12/06/2022 12:10:53 PM PST
by
Thommas
(The snout of the camel is already under the tent.)
To: nickcarraway
Fair question, not a joke. It’s an exercise of thought. Obviously spontaneous and not scripted. I like that. Stupid people script everything. Smart thinkers ask what’s on their mind when trying to apply critical thinking to a debate.
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posted on
12/06/2022 12:11:43 PM PST
by
blackdog
(The head, hands, and heart, serve even further than the purse. )
To: nickcarraway
Justice Alito makes a valid point-—he’s stating “You have a freedom of conscience” and he made his point because the left freaked out.
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