Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito said an upside-down American flag flew outside his home in January 2021.
Alito has said his home briefly flew an American flag upside-down in January 2021, which was largely seen to be connected with then-President Donald Trump's false election fraud claims.An upside-down U.S. flag has long been a sign of dire distress and versatile symbol of protest.
Several Democrats in Congress, including Senate Judiciary Chairman Dick Durbin and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, called for Alito to recuse himself from Trump-related cases. Justices can and do voluntarily recuse themselves, but those are their own individual calls and they aren't subject to review.
The Supreme Court ruled that former President Donald Trump can remain on the Colorado ballot, overturning a decision which previously found he was ineligible due to his efforts to overturn the 2020 election. Flags were used as communication devices at sea centuries ago, and sailors would hang them upside down as a signal of extreme distress, said Marc Leepson, author of “Flag: An American Biography.”
“It’s one thing to go to a rally and see a Patriot group carrying it. It’s another thing for me to go driving past a Supreme Court justice’s house and see it,” he said. Demands for recusals by justices and judges have been part of political disputes over the high court and elsewhere in the legal system. Thomas has rejected Democratic calls for him to recuse himself from Trump-related cases. Meanwhile, some Republicans have called for New York Judge Juan Merchan to recuse himself from Trump's hush-money trial because he’s given small donations to Democrats and his daughter is a party consultant. He declined, in a decision backed by a state ethics panel.
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