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At Justice Alito’s House, a ‘Stop the Steal’ Symbol on Display
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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.
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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.”
Judicial experts said in interviews that the flag was a clear violation of ethics rules, which seek to avoid even the appearance of bias, and could sow doubt about Justice Alito’s impartiality in cases related to the election and the Capitol riot.
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The mere impression of political opinion can be a problem, the ethics experts said. “It might be his spouse or someone else living in his home, but he shouldn’t have it in his yard as his message to the world,” said Amanda Frost, a law professor at the University of Virginia.
This is “the equivalent of putting a ‘Stop the Steal’ sign in your yard, which is a problem if you’re deciding election-related cases,” she said.
Interviews show that the justice’s wife, Martha-Ann Alito, had been in a dispute with another family on the block over an anti-Trump sign on their lawn, but given the timing and the starkness of the symbol, neighbors interpreted the inverted flag as a political statement by the couple.
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The longstanding ethics code for the lower courts, as well as the recent one adopted by the Supreme Court, stresses the need for judges to remain independent and avoid political statements or opinions on matters that could come before them.
“You always want to be proactive about the appearance of impartiality,” Jeremy Fogel, a former federal judge and the director of the Berkeley Judicial Institute, said in an interview. “The best practice would be to make sure that nothing like that is in front of your house.”
The court has also repeatedly warned its own employees against public displays of partisan views, according to guidelines circulated to the staff and reviewed by The Times. Displaying signs or bumper stickers is not permitted, according to the court’s internal rule book and a 2022 memo reiterating the ban on political activity.
Biden should be killed?? Lol, holy crap. These MAGA lunatics are so beyond the deep end at this point. Totally brainwashed. And we're talking about millions of people who are living in a completely different reality than the rest of us. It's frightening.
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Lol, Melania looks SUPER happy that Trump got the day off of his court battle over the affair he had with a porn star while she was pregnant with the son whos' graduation they're attending.
Rudy has been avoiding being served in the new AZ fake elctors case. And bragged about it on social media. Apparently also mentioned his 80th birthday party was happening. Guess what happened...they showed up at his party and served the papers.
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Rudy has been avoiding being served in the new AZ fake elctors case. And bragged about it on social media. Apparently also mentioned his 80th birthday party was happening. Guess what happened...they showed up at his party and served the papers.
Oops!
One birthday-party guest cried when Rudy was served. Steve Bannon said they won’t permit Rudy’s arrest.
Rudy has been avoiding being served in the new AZ fake elctors case. And bragged about it on social media. Apparently also mentioned his 80th birthday party was happening. Guess what happened...they showed up at his party and served the papers.
didn't know Four Seasons Total Landscaping is available for birthday parties too.
Lol, Melania looks SUPER happy that Trump got the day off of his court battle over the affair he had with a porn star while she was pregnant with the son whos' graduation they're attending.
How she feels about Trump is really tough for me to figure out. I'm convinced she feels nothing for him, and I had assumed that once his time as President was done, she'd be gone. But here she still is. I mean, she can't actually have any love for the man, can she? Is it a case of she's already this deep and pot-committed that she simply needs to be patient and wait?
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How she feels about Trump is really tough for me to figure out. I'm convinced she feels nothing for him, and I had assumed that once his time as President was done, she'd be gone. But here she still is. I mean, she can't actually have any love for the man, can she? Is it a case of she's already this deep and pot-committed that she simply needs to be patient and wait?
I imagine when they married he had her sign a pre nup. If that's the case why would she leave? She may find him revolting but she rarely has to see him and she has everything else she could possibly want.
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I imagine when they married he had her sign a pre nup. If that's the case why would she leave? She may find him revolting but she rarely has to see him and she has everything else she could possibly want.
It’s what I imagine too, the prenup is probably pretty rock solid and so she just needs to wait him out.
Rudy Giuliani hides out from Arizona process servers. Announces his 80th birthday party. Server shows up. Joins Rudy and friends to sing Happy Birthday. Delivers good wishes then serves Rudy his papers. Rudy then complains online.
I can’t stop laughing.
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I mean, an US election where one candidate is openly using Nazi language and fantasizing about being a dictator is exactly what this super stable world needs right now.
I don't want to live on this planet anymore
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