Samuel Alito: Supreme Court Justice’s Biggest Controversies—As He Won’t Recuse From Election Cases Over Contentious Flags
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The justice has come under renewed scrutiny after The New York Times reported an upside-down flag and a flag often used by religious conservatives flew outside two of his homes.
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The justice has come under renewed scrutiny after The New York Times reported an upside-down flag and a flag often used by religious conservatives flew outside two of his homes.
In letters to members of Congress, Samuel Alito says his wife was responsible for flying an upside-down flag over his home in 2021 and an “Appeal to Heaven” flag at his New Jersey beach house last year.
Justice Samuel Alito declined Wednesday to recuse himself from two cases arising from the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol after reports that flags displayed outside his houses appeared to support the “Stop the Steal” movement.
In letters to members of Congress on Wednesday, Alito says his wife was responsible for flying an upside-down flag over his Virginia home in 2021 and an “Appeal to Heaven” flag at his New Jersey beach house last year.
Samuel Alito said his wife was responsible for flying an upside-down US flag over his home in 2021 and an ‘Appeal to Heaven’ flag at his New Jersey beach house last year
