Tag: upsidedown

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 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 […]

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 […]