The Alitos and Their Flags
May 28, 2024
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as posted by the channelThe discovery that an upside-down American flag — a symbol adopted by the campaign to overturn the 2020 election result — had flown at the home of Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. elicited concerns from politicians, legal scholars and others. And then came news of a second flag.
Jodi Kantor, the Times reporter who broke the stories, discusses the saga.
GuestJodi Kantor () , an investigative reporter for The New York Times.
Background reading:
• An upsidedown American flag, a symbol adopted by Trump supporters contesting the Biden victory, flew over the justice’s front lawn () as the Supreme Court was considering an election case.
• The justice’s beach house displayed an “Appeal to Heaven” flag () , a design carried on Jan. 6 and associated with a push for a more Christianminded government.
• The displays renew questions about the Supreme Court’s impartiality () .
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