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Federal Judge Rebukes Alito’s Flag Antics As ‘Improper’ And ‘Dumb’

This judge has had it with Samuel Alito’s shenanigans, so he’s calling out the SCOTUS justice in the paper of record.

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To put it bluntly, any judge with reasonable ethical instincts would have realized immediately that flying the flag then and in that way was improper. And dumb.

Flying those flags was tantamount to sticking a ‘Stop the Steal’ bumper sticker on your car. You just don’t do it.

— Senior Judge Michael Ponsor of the District of Massachusetts, in an op-ed published by the New York Times, where he calls out Justice Samuel Alito for flying an upside-down American flag at his home and an Appeal to Heaven flag at his Jersey Shore beach house. Ponsor went on to say that such flags could be “viewed by a great many people as a banner of allegiance on partisan issues that are, or could be, before the court.”

Staci ZaretskyStaci Zaretsky is a senior editor at Above the Law, where she’s worked since 2011. She’d love to hear from you, so please feel free to email her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on X/Twitter and Threads or connect with her on LinkedIn.

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