“Nation in Distress”

Supreme Court Justice does the ‘manly’ thing. He throws his wife under the bus.

The “New York Times” broke this story the other day. It has sent shock waves, to say the least, through Americans who truly care about this country.

Justice Alito had an upside-down flag raised on his front lawn of his home in January 2021 as the Supreme Court was considering an election case. This symbol was adopted by Trump supporters contesting the Biden victory.

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. Mr. Biden’s inauguration was three days away. Alarmed neighbors snapped photographs, some of which were recently obtained by The New York Times. Word of the flag filtered back to the court, people who worked there said in interviews.

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. Their decisions will shape how accountable he can be held for trying to overturn the last presidential election and his chances for re-election in the upcoming one.

Justice Alito remarked, “I had no involvement whatsoever in the flying of the flag. It was briefly placed by Mrs. Alito in response to a neighbor’s use of objectionable and personally insulting language on yard signs.”

As reported on MSNBC:

Rachel Maddow spoke with MSNBC’s Alex Wagner Thursday about Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito after The New York Times reported that an upside-down American flag was seen flying over his home in the weeks following the Jan. 6 insurrection. The inverted flag became a “Stop the Steal” symbol for Donald Trump’s supporters who were trying to overturn the 2020 election results.

Alito’s upside-down flag was seen on Jan. 17, 2021, which is when the Supreme Court was considering whether to hear a case regarding the results of the 2020 election.

Read the full report from MSNBC on the comments made by Rachel Maddow. It’s well worth your time to read this.

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/5/17/2241205/--It-s-gross-Rachel-Maddow-slams-Samuel-Alito-s-Stop-the-Steal-flag

This spring, the justices are already laboring under suspicion by many Americans that whatever decisions they make about the Jan. 6 cases will be partisan. Justice Clarence Thomas has declined to recuse himself despite the direct involvement of his wife, Virginia Thomas, in efforts to overturn the election.

Now, with decisions in the Jan. 6 cases expected in just a few weeks, a similar debate may unfurl about Justice Alito, the ethics experts said. “It really is a question of appearances and the potential impact on public confidence in the court,” Mr. Fogel said. “I think it would be better for the court if he weren’t involved in cases arising from the 2020 election. But I’m pretty certain that he will see that differently.”