Alito Flew ‘Stop the Steal’ Flag in Front of House

iluvatar5150 said:

”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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iluvatar5150 said:

I’m trying to imagine how embarrassing it must be to have gone to an ivy league law school, and risen to one of the most prestigious legal positions in the world, only to have your wife pushing crackpot conspiracy theories in public. I’d be mortified and I’m a nobody.

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iluvatar5150 said:

At Justice Alito’s House, a ‘Stop the Steal’ Symbol on Display

An upside-down flag, adopted by Trump supporters contesting the Biden victory, flew over the justice’s front lawn as the Supreme Court was considering an election case.

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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.

The justice blamed his wife and her beef with a neighbor:

”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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iluvatar5150 said:

At Justice Alito’s House, a ‘Stop the Steal’ Symbol on Display

An upside-down flag, adopted by Trump supporters contesting the Biden victory, flew over the justice’s front lawn as the Supreme Court was considering an election case.

www.nytimes.com

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.

The justice blamed his wife and her beef with a neighbor:

”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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iluvatar5150 said:

At Justice Alito’s House, a ‘Stop the Steal’ Symbol on Display

An upside-down flag, adopted by Trump supporters contesting the Biden victory, flew over the justice’s front lawn as the Supreme Court was considering an election case.

www.nytimes.com

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.

The justice blamed his wife and her beef with a neighbor:

”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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iluvatar5150 said:

What did an affluent woman in a nice DC suburb have to cry for help about in that manner?

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Yttrium said:

I don't consider his wife's action to reflect on Alito himself, nor do I consider the action to be a clear indication of "stop the steal" support. I wouldn't expect Alito to recuse himself from anything just because the flag at his house was upside-down for a while.

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wing2000 said:

He knows very well a justice, at any level, should never appear to have a conflict of interest. This is a clear ethics violation....

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Hazelelponi said:

Well, I thought - just my thinking here - that since this being a symbol of distress it could also then stand in as a national symbol of distress also, not only personal, since it is our national flag.

And many saw the nation being in distress then, even those or perhaps especially those who disagreed with the riot over on Capital Hill.

As far as why a white woman in an affluent neighborhood I would say the above. Probably not the neighbors... Just my thinking.

I will say that it's likely true that the flag is something she did independently and when hubby found out he made her fix it because of his position.

I've done things without asking that my husband has disagreed with before - it happens.

Granted I've never put up an upside down flag, but this was the underlying principles of it that I see most flyers as seeming to believe.

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wing2000 said:

...he, and Justice Thomas should recuse themselves from all January 6th cases. They continued participation taints any argument they make in the court and ultimately, any decision.

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BPPLEE said:

Happy wife, happy life

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rambot said:

Compromised court
Compromised tort.



Swooosh

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