US Supreme Court: Why the Inverted Flag is Stirring Controversy

It’s the deliberately upside-down flag that exacerbates suspicions of bias at the US Supreme Court: this Trumpist symbol, photographed at the justice’s home in 2021, embarrasses the institution. President.

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A number of elected Democrats called on conservative Justice Samuel Alito on Friday to recuse himself from any case related to the 2020 election or the January 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol. They specifically asked him not to grant criminal immunity. Donald Trump is facing federal action against him for illegally altering the results of the 2020 presidential election.

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In April, all nine justices of the Supreme Court presented arguments in favor of a complete criminal immunity for the former president, but the date and the wording of their decision could firmly compromise the conduct of Donald Trump’s trial before the November election.

The The New York Times An upside-down American flag is raised in front of Samuel Alito’s suburban Washington home on Thursday evening, January 2021, several days before the inauguration of Democratic President Joe Biden.

The 74-year-old magistrate, considered the most right-leaning member of the high court, is particularly known for writing the landmark ruling that removed federal protections for the right to abortion in 2022.

Originally a distress signal in the military, the upside-down American flag became a symbol of political protest and support for outgoing Republican President Donald Trump’s claims that the election had been “stolen.”

In an emailed response to the Daily, Samuel Alito says he was “in no way involved in the flag-raising” at his home, referring to his wife’s “brief” attempt to react to the humiliating scene in a neighbor’s garden.

“Ethical Crisis”

An influential Senate Democrat who chairs the Judiciary Committee. Dick Turpin said the upside-down flag “creates the appearance of bias.”

“The Court finds itself in an ethical crisis for which it alone is responsible, and Justice Alito and his colleagues must do everything they can to regain public trust,” he said in a statement.

“This kind of behavior overwhelms the Supreme Court,” Richard Blumenthal, another Democratic senator with a conservative majority, also worried on MSNBC.

“The credibility of the court is collapsing,” he lamented, calling on the court’s president, John Roberts, to force Justice Alito and his colleague Clarence Thomas to recuse themselves from cases involving Donald Trump.

Clarence Thomas has so far ignored calls to recuse himself because of his wife’s involvement in the campaign to contest the results of the last presidential election.

Popularity and trust in the Supreme Court has fallen to an all-time low since the 1960s and 1970s, when conservative majorities overthrew pillars of liberal American society, particularly the federal right to abortion in June 2022.

A poll released by Marquette Law School in February found 40 percent approved of the court’s action, while 60 percent disapproved. From a historic low of 38% in July 2022, majority favorable views never rose above 47% until March 2022, according to the study.

Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito were vilified for the large amounts of money they received from Republican billionaires, including trips or accommodations.

At a conference in Alabama (South) last week, Clarence Thomas railed against the “iniquity” and “lies” he said his family suffered from Washington’s microcosm.

Under pressure, the Supreme Court adopted a code of conduct in November, silencing critics as it lacked any sanction or enforcement mechanism.