Supreme Court Justice Alito urged to step off Trump election case over U.S. flag controversy

The chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee urged Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito to recuse himself from considering cases related to the 2020 election over the display at his home of an upside-down American flag after that contest.

The chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee on Friday urged Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito to recuse himself from considering cases related to the 2020 election, including the question of former PresidentSen. Dick Durbin suggested that Alito was adding to ethical concerns about the court after The New York Times report on Thursday revealed that the flag was displayed in that manner outside his Virginia home.

Alito told the Times his wife hung the flag upside-down after a confrontation with a neighbor after the election, which Trump has falsely claimed to have won.

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