A former neighbor of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito on Wednesday disputed his account of a neighborhood spat that led to the hoisting of an upside-down US flag on his property in Virginia, saying that his timeline of what happened is wrong. “At best, he’s mistaken, but at worst, he’s just outright lying,” Emily Baden […]
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Jimmy Kimmel Trolls Trump’s ‘Orange Jesus’ Super-Fans With Upside-Down Offer
Jimmy Kimmel on Tuesday spotted a new trend among the MAGA faithful after Donald Trump was convicted in New York on 34 felony charges. “Turning the flag upside down now has become a symbol of solidarity with Trump,” he said, adding that Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) recently shared a picture of her own upside-down […]
Alito flew an upside-down American flag. What if a liberal Supreme Court justice did that?
If there’s one thing we know for certain it’s that conservative Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito’s wife loves flags. Absolutely adores the things, apparently. She’s the one he pointed the finger at after The New York Times reported on an upside-down American flag – a sign of distress co-opted by Jan. 6 insurrectionists – hanging […]
Upside-down American flag reappears as a right-wing protest symbol after Trump’s guilty verdict
CHICAGO (AP) — After Donald Trump’s historic guilty verdict, a steady flow of images showing upside-down American flags has appeared on social media as his supporters and right-wing commentators protest his felony conviction. At least one such flag was spotted Friday outside Trump Tower in New York City as the Republican former president spoke about […]
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The Alitos, the Neighborhood Clash and the Upside-Down Flag
The police in Fairfax County, Virginia, received an unusual phone call on Feb. 15, 2021. A young couple claimed they were being harassed by the wife of a Supreme Court justice. “Somebody in a position of authority needs to talk to her and make her stop,” said the 36-year-old man making the complaint, according to […]
Justice Alito’s Upside-Down Flag Claim Dismantled by Police, Neighbors: Report
After reports that an upside-down American flag had flown outside the Virginia residence of Supreme Court Justice Sam Alito during the period surrounding Jan. 6, 2021, the conservative justice blamed the flag’s placement on his wife Martha-Ann — claiming her actions were a result of a clash over a neighbor’s anti-Trump yard sign and a verbal […]
Justice Samuel Alito’s wife said upside-down American flag was ‘an international signal of distress’ in 2021
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito’s wife previously said the inverted American flag flown at the couple’s house in January 2021 was “an international signal of distress,” The Washington Post reported Saturday, detailing an encounter during that time between the Alitos and a Post reporter outside the couple’s home. The flag was no longer displayed when the reporter, Robert Barnes, […]
Key GOP senators criticize Alito over upside-down flag incident
Key Republican senators sharply criticized Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito after news reports showed an upside-down American flag – a symbol used by some supporters of former President Donald Trump who challenged the legitimacy of Joe Biden’s 2020 victory – flying outside his home in 2021. Such criticism of a conservative justice from high-ranking GOP senators is extremely rare and […]
Is it illegal to fly the American flag upside-down in Kansas?
TOPEKA (KSNT) – Controversy often follows when an American flag is spotted flying upside-down, but what rules and laws are associated with this action in Kansas? The hot topic reappeared recently in a report from The Associated Press (AP) where it was revealed an upside-down American flag was flown over U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel […]
Mitch McConnell on upside-down U.S. flag flown outside Justice Alito’s home.
so I want to ask you about Justice Toledo. There was a report last week that the outside of Justice Toledo’s home was an upside-down American flag that was thrown outside of his home, similar to what was used by the January 6th drivers. Was that appropriate for the justice to do that? And should […]
Lindsey Graham Chastises Samuel Alito Over Upside-Down Flag
After The New York Times reported that the American flag outside Justice Samuel Alito’s home was flown upside down in the aftermath of the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, Republican Senator Lindsey Graham criticized the conservative judge for failing to “think it through.” “Emotions are apparently high in that neighborhood but no, it’s not good judgment to do that,” Graham told […]