The Secret Recording of Justice Samuel Alito

WSJ Opinion: Potomac Watch

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🗓️ 12 June 2024

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Posing as conservative fan at a Washington event, an activist audiotapes conversations with Justice Alito and his wife, as well as Chief Justice John Roberts. Their remarks on flags and U.S. polarization have been presented in the media as shocking, but are they really? Plus, the High Court rulings coming soon include big cases on Trump's immunity, guns, Jan. 6 and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:15.0	slash W.S.J. From the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal, this is Potomac Watch.
0:25.7	An activist infiltrates the Supreme Court historical society to secretly tape justices
0:31.1	in their families, but despite the big headlines, did you get any
0:34.6	actual news? And is this another lowering of the bar in the Progressive
0:39.4	campaign against the High Court? Welcome, I'm Kyle Peterson with the Wall Street Journal.
0:44.6	We are joined today by my colleagues, columnist Kim Strassal, and editorial board member
0:49.7	Kate Batchelder O'Dell.
0:51.8	Lauren Windsor has made a name for herself by secretly taping public officials.
0:57.8	Last week she went to the annual fundraising dinner of the Supreme Court historical society where she pretended to be a
1:04.7	died-in-the- wool religious conservative Catholic super-fan of Justice Samuel
1:10.4	Alito in order to try to bait Alito, his wife, and Chief Justice John Roberts into making
1:16.0	untoward remarks. Let's start with a clip of Windsor on CNN defending this tactic.
1:22.4	Well, so there are audio recordings. CNN defending this tactic.
1:22.6	Well, so there are audio recordings.
1:24.7	There's nothing illegal in DC about recording people
1:29.1	so long as one person is a party to that conversation.
1:33.0	It's called one party consent.
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