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11mo ago

GOP Senators and Media Clash Over Flags at Justice Alito's Homes

Controversy emerges as flags displayed by Justice Alito's wife spark debates on judicial ethics and calls for recusal.

In this file photograph, Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito Jr., left, and his wife Martha-Ann Alito, pay their respects at the casket of Reverend Billy Graham at the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, D.C., on February 28, 2018. An upside-down American flag, a symbol associated with Donald Trump's false claims of election fraud, was displayed outside of Alito's home days after Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol, The New York Times reports. "It was briefly placed by Mrs. Alito in response to a neighbor's use of objectionable and personally insulting language on yard signs," Alito said in an emailed statement to the newspaper.
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Overview

  • Several GOP senators criticize Justice Alito over flags displayed at his homes.
  • The New York Times reports on an upside-down American flag and an 'Appeal to Heaven' flag at Alito's residences.
  • Justice Alito's wife, not Alito himself, is said to have raised the controversial flags.
  • Debates arise over whether these flags violate judicial ethics and call for Alito's recusal.
  • Legal experts argue that the flags do not require Justice Alito to recuse himself from upcoming cases.