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The New York Times reports:
After the 2020 presidential election, as some Trump supporters falsely claimed that President Biden had stolen the office, many of them displayed a startling symbol outside their homes, on their cars and in online posts: an upside-down American flag. One of the homes flying an inverted flag during that time was the residence of Supreme Court Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr., in Alexandria, Va., according to photographs and interviews with neighbors.
The upside-down flag was aloft on Jan. 17, 2021, the images showed. President Donald J. Trump’s supporters, including some brandishing the same symbol, had rioted at the Capitol a little over a week before. While the flag was up, the court was still contending with whether to hear a 2020 election case, with Justice Alito on the losing end of that decision. In coming weeks, the justices will rule on two climactic cases involving the storming of the Capitol on Jan. 6, including whether Mr. Trump has immunity for his actions.
“I had no involvement whatsoever in the flying of the flag,” Justice Alito said in an emailed statement to The Times. “It was briefly placed by Mrs. Alito in response to a neighbor’s use of objectionable and personally insulting language on yard signs.”
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“Any justice, judge, or magistrate judge of the United States shall disqualify himself in any proceeding in which his impartiality might reasonably be questioned.”
28 USC Section 455At Justice Alito’s House, a ‘Stop the Steal’ Symbol on Display https://t.co/YGdje3BhE3
— Richard W. Painter (@RWPUSA) May 17, 2024
Do we need any more evidence of Trump’s destruction of our Democracy than Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito flying a Stop the Steal flag at his house. If we don’t destroy Trump this November, we will no longer be the Land of the Free.
— Rob Reiner (@robreiner) May 16, 2024
A Supreme Court justice—Samuel Alito—flying an upside-down flag outside his house, indicating Stop the Steal.
I have no words.— Stephen King (@StephenKing) May 17, 2024
“I’ve never heard anything like this in the entire history of every controversy I’ve ever known about with the United States Supreme Court.” Rachel Maddow reacts to a NYT report that an upside-down flag, a symbol of Stop The Steal, flew over Justice Alito’s house after Jan. 6. pic.twitter.com/TKb0FNumjm
— Alex Wagner Tonight (@WagnerTonight) May 17, 2024