# Apparently justice Alito is sympathetic to the January 6 rioters **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [May 18, 2024, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-justice-alito-is-sympathetic-to-the-january-6-rioters/1001743 "2024-05-18T17:46:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 85
**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2024, 9:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-justice-alito-is-sympathetic-to-the-january-6-rioters/1001743/85 "2024-05-30T09:42:23Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > I thought you were claiming that people _on this board_ would defend her right to have hobbies. Oh, it’s absolutely both. > [@Spouses of Judges](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spouses-of-judges/961119/10): > > I don’t even understand the nature of the question. Is Clarence supposed to be the “head” of the house and “direct” his wife to do or not do certain things? The assumption in the question seems to be antiquated. His wife is her own person. He doesn’t control her. If she makes her own choice, why is that imputed to him anymore than what I do is imputed to my wife? Though of course some of the individuals in that thread are now banned, this is obviously the Republican party line, which is why it shows up everywhere. Another gem from that thread: > [@](#): > > Under the standard you propose, the wife of a judge must be a good little woman and keep her opinions to herself lest it create a situation where her husband cannot be a judge. Again, Ginny Thomas is not Clarence’s mouthpiece. She is her own person who is allowed to have her own, even if nuttery, political opinions, and she can rant to her husband about them and her husband has no “duty” to correct or chastise her about them. If we haven’t heard it yet, it’s because those usual suspects have been banned, but I’m sure it will start cropping up again now that it’s coming directly from Alito. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-justice-alito-is-sympathetic-to-the-january-6-rioters/1001743)._