MY WIFE IS FOND OF FLYING FLAGS Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito on Wednesday rejected Democratic lawmakers' requests that he recuse himself from key cases related to former President Donald Trump and the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot following reports that flags linked to Trump's supporters were flown at his properties.
Alito said in two letters to the lawmakers that he had "Nothing whatsoever to do with the flying of" an upside-down U.S. flag at his Virginia home days before the inauguration of President Joe Biden.
Alito also said he had "No involvement" in flying a flag bearing the "Appeal to Heaven" symbol in the backyard of his vacation home in the summer of 2023.
Rather, he said in the letters, his wife was "Solely responsible" for putting up the flagpoles and flying "a wide variety of flags over the years." "My wife is fond of flying flags. I am not," Alito wrote.
From what I've heard of the neighbors involved in the dispute, Mrs. Alito ran into a nasty case of privilege in the next-door neighbors.
All for a flag that, until this weekend, was acceptable in all the bluest places no matter who else had flown it or where.
As I said repeatedly in comment threads, I hope whoever the flag belonged to had the wherewithal to sue the Schlitz out of that vicious rag if one hair on a family member's head - or any of their property - was damaged by a rabid flag burner inspired by and directed to their property by the Chronicle's brazen and flagrant doxing attempt on a private citizen.
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