Megan Lebowitz is a politics reporter for NBC News.
WASHINGTON — The veteran organization the American Legion weighed in on the upside-down American flag controversy Thursday, noting that flags should only be flown this way if there is 'extreme danger to life or property.' The potential implications of flying an American flag upside down have been the subject of debate since reports emerged that an upside-down flag flew outside Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito's home in early 2021.
Alito had told Fox News last month that his wife Martha-Ann flew the upside-down flag after an argument with a neighbor. Martha-Ann Alito told the Washington Post in January 2021 that the upside-down flag was 'an international signal of distress' and appeared to indicate it was raised in reference to a neighborhood argument. But the Alitos' timeline was thrown into question by the neighbor whose conduct was cited as the reason for the flag being hoisted upside down.
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