Supreme Courtroom Justice Samuel Alito had his excuse for flying a flag supporting the riot shattered when it was reported {that a} completely different flag supporting Trump’s riot flew at his seaside home final summer time.
The New York Occasions reported:
Final summer time, two years after an upside-down American flag was flown exterior the Virginia residence of Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr., one other provocative image was displayed at his trip home in New Jersey, based on interviews and pictures.
This time, it was the “Enchantment to Heaven” flag, which, just like the inverted U.S. flag, was carried by rioters on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Often known as the Pine Tree flag, it dates again to the Revolutionary Conflict, however largely fell into obscurity till current years and is now a logo of assist for former President Donald J. Trump, for a non secular strand of the “Cease the Steal” marketing campaign and for a push to remake American authorities in Christian phrases.
The New York Occasions has pictures, witnesses, and even a Google Road View image of the flag flying at Alito’s summer time residence. The excuse Justice Alito had been floating concerned a neighborhood dispute after the 2020 election, and the Justice tried to pin flying the upside-down flag on his spouse.
The reality is rising {that a} Supreme Courtroom justice publicly helps Trump’s efforts to overthrow america authorities. There are not any mitigating components or excuses. Samuel Alito helps the destruction of American democracy. Justice Alito isn’t behaving like a impartial jurist however as a radical right-wing political activist.
The Supreme Courtroom majority is a menace to democracy, as Alito is displaying with SCOTUS reform is pressing and important.
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