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I’m flying an American flag in protest

It boldly hangs upright

Salon

Alito's flags and a path to compromise

The Supreme Court justice denies left and right can compromise — but he's ignoring the obvious and simple solution

Salon

Alito doubts US right and left can co-exist and wife criticizes Pride flag in secret recording

US supreme court justice and wife, Martha-Ann Alito, made unguarded comments to film-maker posing as conservative

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Neighbor Disputes With Justice Alito Over Flag And Signs

Neighbor Emily Baden's TV interview sheds light on a dispute with Justice Alito over an upside-down American flag, highlighting accountability and power dy...

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Neighbors say Alitos used security detail car to intimidate them after sign dispute

Emily Baden says after a disagreement over political lawn signs with the US supreme court justice’s wife, a black car began parking at her mother’s home

The Guardian - US

Samuel Alito’s refusal to recuse himself in Trump v US is another ethics breach

Supreme court justice, under fire for flying flags tied to January 6, was mired in ethical mud last year for undisclosed rides in a billionaire’s jet

The Guardian - US

US flag was flying upside-down in Alito yard before spat, neighbor says

Justice says his wife flew flag in January 2021 in response to neighborhood spat, but neighbor says account of events is wrong

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Neighbors challenge Alito flag excuse

Alito claimed the upside-down flag was a response to a fight with neighbors, but the timeline doesn't add up

Salon

A controversial flag thrust Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito’s wife in the spotlight. Who is she?

Martha-Ann Alito bursting into tears was one of the most talked-about moments of her husband’s 2006 confirmation hearings

The Independent UK

The Alito Flag Flap, Snyder v. Phelps, and Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire

The latest reporting from the New York Times intersections with Free Speech cases.

Reason

Justice Alito’s wife ‘spat’ at liberal neighbors’ car during dispute that saw police called, says report

A young, liberal couple living nearby to the Alitos’ residence in Fairfax County, Virginia, ultimately rang the police, claiming that they were being harassed by Martha-Ann Alito

The Independent UK

The Old Gray Lady In Distress

To be clear, I am referring to the New York Times.

Reason

Samuel Alito’s wife claimed upside-down flag was ‘international sign of distress’

Senate Democrats seek meeting with Chief Justice John Roberts to discuss issue and seek Alito’s recusal on January 6 cases

The Guardian - US

On Flags and Collars

RBG wore her dissent jabot the day after the 2016 election.

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Flagpole to Heaven

I've learned a few things this past week about the Alitos. It seems that they have flag poles at their homes, and use flags to convey messages. I'm not sure if the Alitos have taken classes on flag semaphore. What those messages are, exactly, I do not know. At the…

The Independent UK

Justice Samuel Alito ‘hung another Jan 6 flag outside his second home’

The ‘Appeal to Heaven’ flag, which was carried by rioters at the Jan 6 attack on the US Capitol in 2021, was seen flying outside a property belonging to Mr Alito in New Jersey on multiple occasions over the summer of 2023

The Guardian - US

Alito’s flag shows the US supreme court is neither honorable nor functional any more

The upside-down flag at the justice’s house after the Capitol attack reveals how disgraceful our supreme court has become

Salon

Alito flaunts his contempt for Americans

The Supreme Court justice views his fellow Americans with contempt, and not as citizens he's serving

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