Alito refuses to recuse himself from cases on Trump and Jan. 6 over flag controversy

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Alito refuses to recuse himself from cases on Trump and Jan. 6 over flag controversy
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Samuel Alito said his wife was responsible for flying an upside-down flag over his home and an 'Appeal to Heaven' flag at his New Jersey beach house.

Justice Samuel Alito is rejecting calls to step aside from Supreme Court cases involving former President Trump and Jan. 6 defendants because of the controversy over flags that flew over his homes. In letters to members of Congress on Wednesday, Alito said his wife was responsible for flying an upside-down flag over their Virginia home in 2021 and an “Appeal to Heaven” flag at their New Jersey beach house last year. Neither incident merits his recusal, he wrote.

Alito has rejected calls from Democrats in the past to recuse himself on other issues. The New York Times reported that an inverted American flag was seen at Alito’s home in Alexandria, Va., less than two weeks after the attack on the Capitol. The paper also reported that an Appeal to Heaven flag, featuring a pine tree on a white background, was flown outside the justice’s beach home in New Jersey last summer.

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