Alito's house had "Stop the Steal" symbol on display

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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.

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.

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“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.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/16/us/justice-alito-upside-down-flag.html

https://twitter.com/mikiebarb/status/1791251737996566898
Nadine Menendez 🤝 Martha-Ann Alito
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I definitely don't find it "impossible" to believe those things. (I assume what he means is the he thinks it's impossible that Alito would know that. Which I also disagree with.) If he said they flew the flag upside down by mistake and corrected it as soon as they realized it that's one thing and we could debate the likelihood of that, but that's not what he said lol.

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This wasn't the day after the election or something. It was January 17, and after the insurrection. Again, he's not even saying it wasn't connected to Stop the Steal.

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It can both be about a dispute with a neighbor and represent Stop the Steal.

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No excuse given this time, hmm.

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That's interesting that the Post's investigation seems to corroborate what Alito said. I hope we find out what exactly happened here.

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I'd like to know so I hope it anyway.

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In light of the Post's investigation I'm not sure anymore how true that is which is why I would like to know more about what happened.

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Curiouser and curiouser.

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Trump Cheers On Alito For Refusing To Step Away From Jan. 6 Cases
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito is under fire after his homes were seen with two flags linked to election conspiracy theorists.

Donald Trump on Wednesday applauded Justice Samuel Alito for rejecting calls to recuse himself from Supreme Court cases involving the former president and participants in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot in Washington.

“Congratulations to United States Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito for showing the INTELLIGENCE, COURAGE, and ‘GUTS’ to refuse stepping aside from making a decision on anything January 6th related,” Trump posted on social media.

“All U.S. Judges, Justices, and Leaders should have such GRIT,” added Trump, the GOP’s presumptive nominee for president this year.

Earlier on Wednesday, Alito had told members of Congress that their demands for him to step aside from certain cases were without merit, writing that he’s “duty-bound to reject your recusal request.”

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-alito-recuse-himself_n_6657728ce4b0644fd94f3db5

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Chief Justice Roberts declines a meeting with Senate Democrats

Chief Justice John Roberts has declined an invitation to meet with top Senate Democrats over judicial ethics, citing “separation of powers concerns.”

His letter to Sens. Dick Durbin and Sheldon Whitehouse, the chair and senior Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, comes a day after Justice Samuel Alito declined to recuse himself from two Jan. 6-related cases despite calls to do so after news reports said politically controversial flags were flown outside Alito’s properties.

Following the revelations about Alito, Durbin and Whitehouse invited Roberts to meet with them.

“I must respectfully decline your request for a meeting,” Roberts wrote. He said that “apart from ceremonial events, only on rare occasions in our Nation’s history has a sitting Chief Justice met with legislators, even in a public setting (such as a Committee hearing) with members of both major political parties present.”

https://www.npr.org/2024/05/30/g-s1-1870/chief-justice-roberts-declines-a-meeting-with-senate-democrats