The flag furore: Justice Samuel Alito, his wife, and the Maga radicals

Flying of inverted Stars and Stripes outside Alito residence 'legitimately' weird

US Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito poses for an official portrait
The Supreme Court Justice is accused of flying insurrectionist flags
(Image credit: Erin Schaff-Pool / Getty Images)

As the ultimate arbiters of US law, on whose rulings presidential elections can hang, supreme court justices are meant to be models of integrity and impartiality, said Ankush Khardori in Politico

Who, now, could claim that Justice Samuel Alito fits that description? He has attracted criticism in the past for going on luxury holidays with conservative donors who have business before the court; he also allegedly leaked the result of a major case to conservative activists before the decision was announced. And he now stands accused of flying insurrectionist flags linked to the far-right.

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