After the New York Times reported last week that an upside-down American flag flew outside of US Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito's home following the January 6 insurrection, several lawmakers have urged the justice to recuse himself from any case related to the attack.
While US Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) isn't calling for Alito's recusal, the South Carolina GOP leader is criticizing the MAGA justice's actions.
CNN's Manu Raju reports via X/Twitter: "Per @tedbarrettcnn: Sen. Lindsey Graham, the top Republican on the Senate Judiciary Commitee, said Alito used 'not good judgment' when an upside-down American flag was flown at his house."
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The senator added, "Emotions are apparently high in that neighborhood, but it's not good judgment to do that."
Graham noted that Alito "said his wife was insulted and got mad."
"I assume that to be true, but you are still a Supreme Court justice. People have to realize that moments like that, to think it through," the senator emphasized.
The Bulwark's Austin Sarat and Dennis Aftergut wrote Monday, "A traditional symbol of distress, the upside-down flag had been adopted by various 'Stop the Steal' and QAnon Trump admirers and was carried by some of the January 6th insurrectionists who attacked the Capitol."
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"Alito's version was flying eleven days later, on January 17, 2021," the pair added. "Remarkably, Alito still declines to recuse himself from considering Trump's pending claim of immunity for alleged crimes in his conduct leading up to the January 6th Capitol siege, along with that of convicted insurrectionist Joseph Fischer."
