{"id":2249328,"date":"2024-05-21T10:19:03","date_gmt":"2024-05-21T14:19:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/liberals-are-smearing-alito-with-upside-down-flag-story-heres-the-real-point\/"},"modified":"2024-05-21T10:24:21","modified_gmt":"2024-05-21T14:24:21","slug":"liberals-are-smearing-alito-with-upside-down-flag-story-heres-the-real-point","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/liberals-are-smearing-alito-with-upside-down-flag-story-heres-the-real-point\/","title":{"rendered":"Uncovering the Truth Behind Alito&#8217;s Upside-Down Flag Controversy"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fliberals-are-smearing-alito-with-upside-down-flag-story-heres-the-real-point%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2249328&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In\u2062 the midst of controversy over an upside-down \u2062flag at Justice\u200d Alito&#8217;s home, the \u2063left&#8217;s attempt to\u200c tarnish him parallels the infamous &#8220;fetch&#8221; scenario. Allegations of \u2063bias \u200cand ethical violations \u2063emerge, \u2064yet a plausible explanation by Alito offers a different perspective. The relentless witch-hunt against conservatives persists, with\u2063 little \u200bimpact \u2062on the Supreme Court&#8217;s\u2062 conservative stance. Amid the uproar over\u200b an\u2064 inverted flag at Justice Alito\u2019s residence, the left&#8217;s \u200dsmear tactics \u200cecho the futile &#8220;fetch&#8221; endeavor. Despite claims\u2063 of bias\u2064 and ethics\u2064 breaches, Alito&#8217;s \u2064credible rationale sheds \u200dnew light. The relentless pursuit to discredit conservatives continues, with\u200b minimal effect on the \u200dSupreme Court&#8217;s conservative position.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/commentary\/\">  Commentary <\/a>   <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/cillianzeal\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/cillianzeal\/%20\"><span>C. Douglas Golden<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   May 21, 2024 at 5:39am <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>If you want a TL;DR description of the to-do over the upside-down flag at Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito\u2019s house, I can sum it up for you in one sentence: Same old witch-hunt, different witch.<\/p>\n<p>As those who\u2019ve followed the news over the past year or so know, that the left has been engaged in a secular jihad against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/leftists-target-justice-thomas-wifes-alleged-posts-capitol-protest\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Justice Clarence Thomas<\/a>, part of which has to do with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/justice-thomas-wife-advised-trump-white-house-make-plan-overturn-2020-election-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statements of his wife<\/a> in regards to the outcome of the 2020 election. Somehow, liberal pundits seem genuinely shocked that Americans have mostly tuned them out, believing that husbands and wives can have differing opinions. The nerve of the right-wing ghouls!<\/p>\n<p>So Clarence-Thomas-as-traitor was a bit like \u201cfetch\u201d: despite leftists trying to make it happen, it <a href=\"https:\/\/knowyourmeme.com\/memes\/stop-trying-to-make-fetch-happen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wasn\u2019t going to happen<\/a>. But suppose they tried the same tactic on a different conservative justice? That\u2019s the ticket!<\/p>\n<p>A headline from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/05\/16\/us\/justice-alito-upside-down-flag.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The New York Times<\/a> last week brings critical news about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/alito-notes-red-states-kick-biden-off-ballots-colorado-ruling-allowed-stand\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Justice Samuel Alito\u2019s<\/a> exterior home decor just three years after it happened:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt Justice Alito\u2019s House, a \u2018Stop the Steal\u2019 Symbol on Display; An upside-down flag, adopted by Trump supporters contesting the Biden victory, flew over the justice\u2019s front lawn as the Supreme Court was considering an election case.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Thursday story by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/book-claims-harvey-weinstein-paid-lisa-bloom-895-hour-lawyer-discredit-accusers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jodi Kantor<\/a> was what we\u2019ve come to expect from the Times when it comes to a story about a supposed misdeed allegedly committed by a conservative: A touch of truth larded up with slanted conjecture and pull-quotes obtained from sympathetic scholarly types recruited to say whatever the reporter can\u2019t if a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/nyt-bias-showing-in-front-page-pic-from-wh-easter-egg-roll\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">patina of objectivity<\/a> is to be maintained.<\/p>\n<p>So first, the basics, as per Kantor: \u201cAfter 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,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne 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.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, a photo published by the Times indicates the flag was present outside the Thomas home on Jan. 17, 2021, just days before President Joe Biden\u2019s inauguration. The upside-down flag is a violation of U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.cornell.edu\/uscode\/text\/4\/8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">federal flag code<\/a>, which notes the stars and stripes \u201cshould never be displayed with the union down, except as a signal of dire distress in instances of extreme danger to life or property.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\">\n<p>Does the American flag inspire you?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The New York Times obtained a photo of an American flag being flown upside down at the home of Justice Samuel Alito in the days leading up to President Biden\u2019s inauguration. Alito denied any \u201cinvolvement whatsoever in the flying of the flag\u201d, and instead blamed his wife. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LzZG0JW5sT\">pic.twitter.com\/LzZG0JW5sT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mike Sington (@MikeSington) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MikeSington\/status\/1791407644923908335?\">May 17, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Now, a few paragraphs into the story, you get a plausible explanation from Alito as to why it was displayed that way: \u00a0\u201cI had no involvement whatsoever in the flying of the flag,\u201d he wrote in an emailed statement to the Times. \u201cIt was briefly placed by Mrs. Alito in response to a neighbor\u2019s use of objectionable and personally insulting language on yard signs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Given that Alito and the rest of the Supreme Court were pretty busy around that time, this is a plausible explanation. That said, the \u201cjudicial experts\u201d the Times was able to scrounge up told them \u201cthat 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\u2019s impartiality in cases related to the election and the Capitol riot.\u201d Because <em>of course<\/em> it could.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt might be his spouse or someone else living in his home, but he shouldn\u2019t have it in his yard as his message to the world,\u201d University of Virginia law professor Amanda Frost told the Times. She added that it was \u201cthe equivalent of putting a \u2018Stop the Steal\u2019 sign in your yard, which is a problem if you\u2019re <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/alito-questioned-after-wife-flew-upside-down-american-flag-in-yard-after-2020-election\/\" title=\"Alito questioned over wife's display of upside-down flag post-2020 election\">deciding election-related cases<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou always want to be proactive about the appearance of impartiality,\u201d said former federal judge Jeremy Fogel, currently the director of the Berkeley Judicial Institute.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe best practice would be to make sure that nothing like that is in front of your house.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s somewhat ironic that, in the selfsame week the left is having a meltdown over Kansas City Chiefs kicker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/meltdown-kc-outlet-publishes-piece-saying-chiefs-replace-harrison-butker-woman-viral-speech\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Harrison Butker<\/a> suggesting to female graduates at a Catholic college that their most fulfilling role might be as a wife and a homemaker, the Times manages to scrape together enough legal scholars who suggest a conservative Supreme Court justice ought to be in complete control of managing his wife\u2019s opinions.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re searching for ideological consistency, you couldn\u2019t find less of it than the faux outrage over the upside-down flag, which no real evidence ties to the justice himself.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, those the outlet talked to seemed to indicate it was Mrs. Alito who was responsible for it: \u201cIn recent years, the quiet sanctuary of his street, with residents who are Republicans and Democrats, has tensed with conflict, neighbors said. Around the 2020 election, a family on the block displayed an anti-Trump sign with an expletive. It apparently offended Mrs. Alito and led to an escalating clash between her and the family, according to interviews.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But leave it to the left-wing media to seize upon Alito\u2019s upside-down flag as the new witch-hunt du jour. Take <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/samuel-alito-supreme-court-upside-down-american-flag-1902013\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Newsweek<\/a>, which had this article the day after the Times\u2019 piece: \u201cRepublicans Slam Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Make that \u201cRepublicans\u201d \u2014 in very prominent quotation marks.<\/p>\n<p>First, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-view-ignores-political-issue-doom-bidens-re-election-dreams\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alyssa Farah Griffin<\/a>, the former Trump administration aide who\u2019s become a NeverTrumper since her exodus to \u201cThe View,\u201d wrote in a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Alyssafarah\/status\/1791463006397763908\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social media post<\/a> that \u201ca SCOTUS Justice would allow this to be displayed at his home days before a peaceful, lawful transition of power is deeply disturbing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy conservative friends: imagine for a minute if Justice [Sonia] Sotomayor displayed an upside down flag at her residence when Trump won in 2016. There would outrage &#038; calls for her resignation,\u201d she <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Alyssafarah\/status\/1791463969128902940\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote in another<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Then there was anti-Trump former GOP Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/cheney-kinzinger-oppose-jordan-becoming-speaker-must-good-choice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Adam Kinzinger<\/a>, one of two Republicans on the Democrats\u2019 Jan. 6 committee. He called it \u201ca huge issue.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Newsweek also cited a former adviser to former Vice President Mike Pence, the anti-Trump Lincoln Project and the American Enterprise Institute, none of which are major players in the Republican Party of May 2024. So two (2) big-name kinda-sorta Republicans \u2014 who are best known for bashing former President Donald Trump \u2014 are pretending to be aggrieved over the fact Alito\u2019s wife maybe violated the flag code. Whoop dee doo.<\/p>\n<p>And tucked away in between these quasi-Republicans going off on Alito was this little Disclaimer: \u201cAn upside-down flag has been used to protest the results of a U.S. election before. On January 20, 2001, a demonstrator was photographed waving an inverted flag in the streets of Washington, D.C., <em>in protest of then-President-elect George W. Bush who was being sworn in that day after a contested election between him and former Vice President Al Gore.<\/em>\u201d (Emphasis added.)<\/p>\n<p>In fact, a <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/politics\/how-flying-american-flag-upside-down-became-bipartisan-act-rebellion\/#:~:text=According%20to%20the%20U.S.%20Flag,danger%20to%20life%20or%20property.%22\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">People<\/a> magazine article published roughly two months before the Times dug up the 3-year-old Alito smear chronicled \u201cHow Flying the American Flag Upside Down Became a Bipartisan Act of Rebellion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese days, however, hanging the Stars and Stripes upside down is seen as more of a symbol \u2014 a symbol Republicans and Democrats alike are beginning to use more and more,\u201d the article stated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSince June 2022, progressive activists have begun flying their flags upside down, particularly in the wake of the Supreme Court decision to overturn the landmark abortion case, Roe v. Wade,\u201d the article noted. \u201cMonths later \u2014 amid fury over the FBI\u2019s search of Donald Trump\u2019s Mar-a-Lago residence on Aug. 8, 2022 \u2014 it became a symbol used by the former president\u2019s most loyal allies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There may be Timesian hand-wringing over the latter, of course, but not the former \u2014 another signal that, if it weren\u2019t for double standards, the left would have no standards at all.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, if those flying the flag upside-down were merely supporting the causes the Times usually does, nobody would be giving them lectures on flag code or seeing whether their husbands had high-profile positions in the world of governance or corporate America.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s the real point here.<\/p>\n<p>The rest, as Dan McLaughlin noted in a piece at conservative outlet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2024\/05\/the-transparently-flimsy-and-misleading-alito-flag-story\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Review<\/a>, is much ado about nothing.<\/p>\n<p>In the reaction piece, published the day after the Times launched its unlikely crusade against flying upside-down American flags, McLaughlin wrote that conservatives \u201ccan freely acknowledge that this response to profane provocation and personal invective is disrespectful to the flag and a display of injudicious temperament on the part of Mrs. Alito, but then, Mrs. Alito is not a judge or the holder of any political office whatsoever.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Alas, if the invective aimed at Clarence Thomas is any indication, this isn\u2019t going to stop anything anytime soon.<\/p>\n<p>The witch hunt lives on, in search of a witch leftists can finally burn to somehow nullify the conservative majority on the Supreme Court.<\/p>\n<p>We can at least take solace in the knowledge that, if this moves the needle on Alito as scantly as it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/clarence-thomas-already-issued-perfect-response-media-members-want-quit-supreme-court\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">did with Thomas<\/a>, it\u2019s a big fat waste of time.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>An Important Message from Our Staff:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>In just a few months, the world is going to change forever. 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Douglas Golden is a writer who splits his time between the United States and Southeast Asia. Specializing in political commentary and world affairs, he&#8217;s written for Conservative Tribune and The Western Journal since 2014.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>  C. Douglas Golden is a writer who splits his time between the United States and Southeast Asia. Specializing in political commentary and world affairs, he&#8217;s written for Conservative Tribune and The Western Journal since 2014. Aside from politics, he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-biden-leaves-for-delaware-as-russians-prepare-to-take-kyiv\/\" title=\"Joe Biden Leaves for Delaware as Russians Prepare to Take Kyiv\">enjoys spending time<\/a> with his wife, literature (especially British comic novels and modern Japanese lit), indie rock, coffee, Formula One and football (of both American and world varieties). <\/p>\n<p>  Birthplace <\/p>\n<p>  Morristown, New Jersey <\/p>\n<p>  Education <\/p>\n<p>  Catholic University of America <\/p>\n<p>  Languages Spoken <\/p>\n<p>  English, Spanish <\/p>\n<p>  Topics of Expertise <\/p>\n<p>  American Politics, World Politics, Culture <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By C. Douglas Golden Commentary on May 21, 2024, at 5:39 am: In a nutshell, the uproar surrounding the inverted flag at Justice Samuel Alito&#8217;s residence is just another repetitive witch-hunt scenario. 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