Justice Alito defends against recusal calls over flag display
Supreme Court Associate Justice Samuel Alito has refused to recuse in two cases linked to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol.
Demands for his recusal emerged after a report that he had pitched an upside-down American flag on his property in Virginia in January 2021.
Critics say this shows lack of respect to America’s national symbol as well as his sympathies towards the attackers.
Alito claims the flags were flown by his wife, Martha-Ann, not him, and that he asked her to remove the flag.