Originally a comment by Your Name’s not Bruce? on One law for the rich and.
When ProPublica asked Alito questions, he instead responded with a defensive, pre-emptive op-ed in the Wall Street Journal.
Does this mean if someone asks me an embarrassing question, I get to not respond by writing an opinion piece in a compliant publication? Cushy!
Boss: Did you remember to lock the door before you left?
Me: Read my latest in the Globe and Mail; that should explain everything.
Boss: What happened to the $2000 that was in the cash register?
Me: Check out my op-ed in the Free Press.
Boss: Why are you carrying a suitcase?
Me: See my column in tomorrow’s Star. Gotta run!
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I think it’s part of the new set of checks and balances that govern our political leadership
https://farcornercafe.blogspot.com/2023/06/checks-and-balances.html
Across the pond I suppose it would have had to be cheques and balances?