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At Justice Alito’s House, a ‘Stop the Steal’ Symbol on Display as the Supreme Court was considering an election case.

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  • homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    After the 2020 presidential election, as some Trump supporters falsely claimed that President Biden had stolen the office, many of them displayed a startling symbol outside their homes, on their cars and in online posts: an upside-down American flag.

    One of the homes flying an inverted flag during that time was the residence of Supreme Court Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr., in Alexandria, Va., according to photographs and interviews with neighbors.

    The upside-down flag was aloft on Jan. 17, 2021, the images showed. President Donald J. Trump’s supporters, including some brandishing the same symbol, had rioted at the Capitol a little over a week before. Mr. Biden’s inauguration was three days away. Alarmed neighbors snapped photographs, some of which were recently obtained by The New York Times. Word of the flag filtered back to the court, people who worked there said in interviews.

    Traitorous fascist

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    • RestrictedAccount@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      When did we stop punishing traitors?

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      • Zehzin@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        After the civil war?

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      • Arbiter@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        When we put them in power.

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      • Anticorp@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        2016

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      • homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Apparently around 2016.

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    • pelespirit@sh.itjust.works ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Friendly reminder, 5 out of 9 SCOTUS seem to have taken bribes (from this guy they’re talking about):

      • Jane Roberts, who is married to Chief Justice John Roberts, made $10.3 million in commissions from elite law firms, whistleblower documents show Note: It’s not in the title, but he presided over one of their cases.
      • Calls for Clarence Thomas Impeachment Vote After Report Exposes Billionaire-Funded Trips
      • Kavanaugh accuser Ford testifies she ‘believed he was going to rape’ her & The Mystery of Brett Kavanaugh’s Baseball-Ticket Debt
      • FBI interviewed individuals who accuse Amy Coney Barrett faith group of abuse
      • Supreme Court Justice Sotomayor’s staff prodded colleges and libraries to buy her books
      • Justice Samuel Alito Took Luxury Fishing Vacation With GOP Billionaire Who Later Had Cases Before the Court
      • Law firm head bought Gorsuch-owned property
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    • dukethorion@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Except an upside down flag has meant that the country is in distress for longer than Trump has been a politician.

      But of course, believe what you think you know.

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      • Anticorp@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        It actually means that the person flying the flag is in distress. Like if a school is being held hostage, but the hostage takers know it will look suspicious if the flag doesn’t get put up and let’s them put it up, then the person putting it up could put it up upside down to indicate to everyone outside of the school that they’re in distress.

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  • henfredemars@infosec.pub ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    These people shouldn’t qualify to be judges.

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  • someguy3@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Holy fuck.

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  • alcoholicorn@lemmy.ml ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    OK, so what is anyone in power gonna do about it?

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    • crawancon@lemm.ee ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      fucking nothing

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      • psmgx@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Which means the average American needs to take to the streets.

        See also: Pullman railroad strikes

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    • dohpaz42@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      There really is nothing anybody in power can do. He’s a Supreme Court justice. Appointment for life. The only way for him to vacate his position is to die or to be impeached. This means that not only would the House have to impeach him, but more importantly, the Senate would have to convict and remove him; by a two-thirds majority, no less.

      With the current spreads in both the house and senate, you’d be better off becoming an expat.

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      • alcoholicorn@lemmy.ml ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        They can stack the court if they get a majority in both, they can marginalize the court by very publicly refusing to enforce their rulings, they can have them assassinated.

        The alternative is expecting to win every single election for the next 40 years or so until they die of natural causes.

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      • Anticorp@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        What you’re basically saying, which has been true for some time now, is that our government no longer functions as it was meant to function. All of those protections were put into place to keep individuals or small groups from seizing power. It seems the forefathers never anticipated that a strong majority would be in favor of overthrowing democracy. Or maybe they just figured that if a strong majority was in favor of it, then so be it. If that’s the case then I guess it’s operating exactly as it was intended to function.

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  • PrincessLeiasCat@sh.itjust.works ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    While the flag was up, the court was still contending with whether to hear a 2020 election case, with Justice Alito on the losing end of that decision. In coming weeks, the justices will rule on two climactic cases involving the storming of the Capitol on Jan. 6, including whether Mr. Trump has immunity for his actions. Their decisions will shape how accountable he can be held for trying to overturn the last presidential election and his chancesfor re-election in the upcoming one.

    “I had no involvement whatsoever in the flying of the flag,” Justice Alito said in an emailed statement to The Times. “It was briefly placed by Mrs. Alito in response to a neighbor’s use of objectionable and personally insulting language on yard signs.”

    It’s cool, guys, he had nothing to do with it. /s

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    • BajaTacos@lemm.ee ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      The sign purportedly said “my neighbor and his wife are authoritarian douchebags.”

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  • MyTurtleSwimsUpsideDown@fedia.io ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Judicial experts said in interviews that the flag was a clear violation of ethics rules, which seek to avoid even the appearance of bias, and could sow doubt about Justice Alito’s impartiality in cases related to the election and the Capitol riot.

    Jokes on you, experts! The Supreme Court didn’t have ethics rules back in 2021. Checkmate!

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  • TachyonTele@lemm.ee ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Holy shit. That should be immediate dismissal.

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    • silence7@slrpnk.net ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      The US only has one non-lethal way to remove a federal judge: impeachment. And that requires a 2/3 vote in the Senate, which won’t happen any time soon because the Republicans there favor his support of treason.

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      • TachyonTele@lemm.ee ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Oh I know. But there’s gotta be a line somewhere that triggers immediate vacating.

        Its just more ridiculous every day.

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  • lemmus@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    The American far-right is surprisingly disrespectful of the flag.

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