Former Washington Post editor Cameron Barr admitted he should have pushed harder to publish the outlet's report on Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito's upside-down American flag in 2021. The flag incident at Alito's Fairfax County, Virginia, home has resurfaced, drawing criticism and calls for his recusal from cases related to the 2020 election and January 6 insurrection. Alito has refused these demands, stating his wife was responsible for the flag. The controversy has led to further scrutiny of Alito's ethics, with some accusing the left of attempting to smear him as the Supreme Court term nears its end. Additionally, a second flag associated with Christian nationalism was reported at Alito's beach home. Alito's neighbors have also accused his wife of harassment, adding to the tensions surrounding the justice.
A woman’s right to coups https://t.co/zfqvUU4rdk https://t.co/n4mV0k3Qic
Justice Alito is fed up! https://t.co/88a3taLLc3
"I asked my wife to take it down, but for several days, she refused" is an absolutely wild and ridiculous thing for a Supreme Court justice to say https://t.co/ecSGxtYfaG
“Congratulations to United States Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito for showing the INTELLIGENCE, COURAGE, and ‘GUTS’ to refuse stepping aside from making a decision on anything January 6th related,” former President Trump posted on Truth Social. https://t.co/4hdBOQbJty
Congratulations to United States Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito for showing the INTELLIGENCE, COURAGE, and “GUTS” to refuse stepping aside from making a decision on anything January 6th related. All U.S. Judges, Justices, and Leaders should have such GRIT - Our Country would… https://t.co/O8KFufzr7O
Alito Tells the Usual Suspects to Pound Sand Over Recusal Demands https://t.co/nFauU1ZlUj
The couple in the spat with Mrs. Alito came back over a year later to protest outside their home, and we’re supposed to believe this whole story is about anything other than the fact that the Alito’s had jerks for neighbors? https://t.co/9D3pDUMhPV
"My wife is fond of flying flags. I am not."--Justice Samuel Alito Well, damn, that makes so much more sense and easily explains why you should not recuse yourself. https://t.co/bqb1oOPNY8
Justice Alito's insistence in his letters to Congress that he has an "obligation to sit" in the January 6 cases *because* the Code of Conduct says so is an interesting data point for those who have insisted that the Code doesn't impose *any* requirements on the justices.
A 36-year-old man called the police on Martha-Ann Alito because she yelled during their suburbia squabble. "The officer on the line responded that there was little the police could do: Yelling was not a crime." https://t.co/JBKUyDfLrq
So Democrats are outraged that Alito flew a flag that the San Francisco city govt flew UNTIL YESTERDAY. Are we done with this joke of an issue yet? These are not serious people.
With Justice Alito and the “upside-down” flag, might be time for a primer on Project 2025 and those pushing it. https://t.co/TBEJsuPIMC
BREAKING Justice Alito tells democrats and media to shove it. 'I will not recuse from any cases involving President Trump.' https://t.co/UTzhRVIpGJ https://t.co/dFTkV858wd
Trump thanks Alito for not recusing himself from cases pending about Trump after Alito’s being criticized for a flag flying at his house that has been interpreted as a sign of support for Trump: https://t.co/Up1m6U7qLz
One interesting piece out of the latest NYT article on Alito flag saga: "Ms. Baden and her husband protested outside Justice Alito’s home after the court issued the opinion he had written overturning Roe v. Wade." signs read "abort SCOTUS" and "Alito was @ Jan. 6" https://t.co/FOYlJtDGaU
Samuel Alito Responds to Ridiculous Flag Controversy, Tells His Critics to Go Jump in a Lake https://t.co/eM0Dkf8E4k
Justice Samuel Alito claims his wife displayed a pro-Trump symbol outside their Virginia home in 2021 after a dispute with a liberal neighbor. But that flimsy story seems to be crumbling. https://t.co/fPnzLnYLFo
Last week, I joined @RepHankJohnson's Court Reform Now Task Force calling on Justice Alito to recuse due to blatant displays of political bias. Instead of taking responsibility, he threw the blame at his wife. The Supreme Court is destroying its own credibility and legitimacy. https://t.co/DF1m6qv4fR
Justice Alito Soundly Rejects Recusal Demand https://t.co/zNIeCtOS3Y
🚨Letter from Justice Alito to Senators Durbin and Whitehouse: “A reasonable person who is not motivated by political or ideological considerations or a desire to affect the outcome of Supreme Court cases would conclude that this event does not meet the applicable standard for… https://t.co/9w4yyHX68L
Alito dignified the Flag Hoax. It will only invite more harassment of the Court. Rollover Suckers are Conservatives.
LETTER: Alito says he is "duty-bound" to reject calls to recuse himself from court cases involving Trump and January 6. | @StrackHaley https://t.co/AWZM525t3b
No one thought there was anything wrong with this flag until they decided it could be used to attack Alito. An incredibly transparent coordinated attack on the legitimacy of the court majority. https://t.co/xRz3x8Wpoz
Smdh. The Alito thing is a partisan witch-hunt driven by media/left-wing activists (I repeat myself) upset at losing control of SCOTUS. https://t.co/qiHWNCzLWT
🚨Just in: Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito has just announced that he will not recuse himself from cases that are related to January 6 or President Trump. https://t.co/hXWuT3VECE
Alito says his wife just happened to choose two insurrectionist symbols, without knowing their significance. She is an intuitive democracy opponent. https://t.co/T2KgFb8Ow0
Yet another conservative justice who can’t keep his wife in check. You never see the wives of the liberal justices on the Court today acting this way. If we had a true ethics standard, Alito would be required to seek an annulment. https://t.co/0UOOBEVx4n
Yeah, I don't think Alito should have to recuse himself all because his flag got retconned.
There should be an investigation into the coordinated left wing hit job of Justice Samuel Alito. The outrage surrounding Alito is not organic. This is a well funded, coordinated attempt to intimidate Justice Alito ahead of major decisions. https://t.co/tuQPoYgNqH
Surely Alito is not fool enough to think his excuses are fooling anyone?
BREAKING: Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito has finally responded to concerns about his ability to remain impartial in cases related to efforts to subvert the 2020 election. His answer is a firm refusal to recuse himself. Story: https://t.co/pvIkFsfA5g https://t.co/xmPk6UFsj2
Raise your hand if you stand with Justice Samuel Alito, who just told those demanding he recuse himself to F*CK OFF. 🙋♂️
Alito rejects Durbin/Whitehouse demand that he recuse himself from cases related to 2020 election. https://t.co/rpsbltJ6t2 1/
“My wife is fond of flying flags”. Ok.
Justice Alito is absolutely right not to recuse himself. There is *nothing* that could warrant recusal here. To conclude otherwise would be to reward bullying by unscrupulous partisans improperly attempting to influence the outcome of matters pending before the Supreme Court. https://t.co/IE74s5axGo https://t.co/3gYw3javDo
Pretty amazing that a Supreme Court Justice admits to having no ability to rein in his hysterical wife https://t.co/hQTfYcfU9Z
JUST IN: Alito Rejects Demands for Recusal in Letter That Blames Wife for Refusing His Call to Take Down Distress Flag https://t.co/Sxky9q72Cn
BECAUSE THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THOSE FLAGS. These "flag incidents" are NOTHING. Just another way for assholes to go after Alito. They're obsessed with him since the leak of the abortion decision. It's disturbing. https://t.co/k0JAzvGMKl
BREAKING: “My wife is a private citizen, and she possesses the same First Amendment rights as every other American. She makes her own decisions, and I have always respected her right to do so," Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito wrote. https://t.co/Un6b7hPaMl
The sequence of events @jodikantor lays out in her piece implying that the Alitos were the aggressors in their neighborhood dispute appears damning until you put the events together in their chronological order. https://t.co/CPCHeVDB8F
Justice Alito shouldn't have to recuse himself just because some neighborhood Karen is mad at his wife. https://t.co/EHHVCYkivl
More context: Neighbors claim Martha-Ann Alito instigated the harassment and "appeared to spit toward [their] vehicle" as they passed the Alito home on one occasion. https://t.co/kdcr13FPjV
THE THUGS ON THE LEFT ARE USING INTIMIDATION TACTICS AGAINST SUPREME COURT JUSTICE SAMUEL ALITO AHEAD OF MAJOR DECISIONS! DEMOCRATS ARE THE REAL THREATS TO OUR “DEMOCRACY!”
So at the same time progressives everywhere are calling for Alito to recuse himself from Jan. 6 cases because he flew a flag, Tony Evers doesn't think his judge should recuse himself from an Act 10 case even though the judge signed a petition to recall Scott Walker over Act 10. https://t.co/LRq2e0YVxh
Alito refuses to recuse himself from J6 cases. He informs the Senate in a letter that his wife is “fond of flying flags” but claims he doesn’t know anything about her activities. Story …https://t.co/oSbTUJUF3P
Gotta love a Supreme Court justice who throws his wife under the bus. Ms Alito must love it! But…she seems quite similar to another Supreme Court justice’s wife I’m very familiar with. https://t.co/HehYIVH5nl
Alito just told the Democrats 👆you. Won't recuse.
Of course Alito isn’t recusing himself. Why should he? But what he should be is justly outraged at these vicious attempts to take him down. He should respond by saying to himself, “I need to teach these amoral bastards a lesson they won’t soon forget.”
Last time Senate Democrats urged Alito to recuse from a case, the justice rejected their request in a formal statement issued by the court. This time he just sent them a letter. Wasn't so concerned with the formalities here, I guess? https://t.co/0cGnw1nY2B
Wow. Alito seems to admit the upside-down American flag is problematic & implies that, had he known about or played any role in raising it, he would recuse. His defense relies on the claim that he had no role in or even knowledge of a flag raised above his own house. Tough sell. https://t.co/yXi5k9fCj2
Important context given Alito's refusal to recuse: A new timeline in the upside-down-flag controversy calls into question the Alito family's version of events. Alito insisted his wife raised the flag in reaction to a neighbor targeting her. But NYT's Jodi Kantor found the…
The refusal of Justice Alito and Justice Thomas to recuse themselves from Trump’s January 6 cases, after they and/or their spouses engaged in clearly partisan behavior in support of the insurrection, shatters confidence in an independent judiciary. https://t.co/cXOchVzSTh
Alito's neighbors are disputing the conservative judge's version of events. Details: https://t.co/9mlIuXMrpD https://t.co/1rwQ0HUyth
Justice Alito responds to lawmakers calling for his recusal from key cases: https://t.co/UCNXU0GxgS
Justice Alito has sent a three page letter on his household’s flag practices to the Senate. He again blames his wife and says he won’t recuse himself from any cases. https://t.co/3oFu1c08IP
When someone shows you who they are, believe them — especially when they show you twice. Justice Alito must recuse himself from cases regarding Jan. 6. https://t.co/YWjss3HYo0
The Jokes Write Themselves After NY Times Reveals Cringe Details on Alito Neighbor at Center of Dispute https://t.co/sPA0Upd41W
New York Times undermines its own false-flag narrative, outing Justice Alito's neighbor as a rabid leftist https://t.co/CpVygyQwAf https://t.co/SafcdA76E3
The People in Your Neighborhood Mrs. Alito the grouch found it's not that easy being red in northern Virginia. And when she came to play at a liberal neighbor's she learned that "C" is not always for cookie. by Maureen Dowd
A rushed, stupefying account of The Washington Post’s decision to sit on the Alito family’s flag-provocation story, writes @lehmannchris, reveals how the mantras of journalistic impartiality are not merely delusions of a professional-managerial caste. https://t.co/Pgx79isw6F
Walker recall petition shows name of judge overseeing challenge to Act 10 https://t.co/ym0zFlDh0R
NEW: Justice Alito’s Neighbors Erected ‘F*ck Trump’ Signs, Called His Wife a 'C*nt,' But Had ‘Good Intent,’ According to Their PBS-Exec Mother. https://t.co/DFYIxbwu8t
NEW from @thenatpulse: Justice Alito’s Neighbors Erected ‘F*ck Trump’ Signs, Called His Wife a 'C*nt,' But Had ‘Good Intent,’ According to Their PBS-Exec Mother. The mother of the woman at the center of...... READ ON: https://t.co/qQZIY6T6JK
#ELB: Justice Alito’s Flag Story Doesn’t Add Up https://t.co/aat1eJucVV
The neighbors involved in the conflict have told the Times that Martha-Ann Alito herself started the conflict. https://t.co/pV5UjQ1hny
Uh oh, Alito. You and the missus had better coordinate your stories https://t.co/2f9VQ1AKlf
NY Times Busts Alito Jan. 6 Flag Story Wide Open — And There Are Police Tapes https://t.co/YbMkt0nGdM
Senator Durbin and Senator Whitehouse are once again falsely accusing the Supreme Court of ethics violations and are calling for Justice Alito to recuse himself. "Democrats hate that the Supreme Court has a majority that no longer does its policy bidding. The Durbin-Whitehouse… https://t.co/GxRqwmbJ9A
NY Times keeps the Alito smear assembly line running on high with attack on justice’s wife https://t.co/wFTGKXQC2q
Inside the Clash That Prompted the Alitos’ Upside-Down Flag - The New York Times https://t.co/8o1SnyqERG
Per the neighbor's texts sent to friends at the time, Martha-Ann Alito ran towards their car and yelled something unintelligible, and as they drove past the Alitos’ residence again to exit the cul-de-sac, she appeared to spit at their car. More: https://t.co/9mlIuXMrpD https://t.co/nit14N0ec1
This reads like a Pynchon satire of political coverage. NY Times reveals that SCOTUS judge Alito and wife walk around their cul-de-sac and tussle with neighbors each calling the other epithets the Times won't print: c-word, b-word; cops called on Alitos https://t.co/2nwsKSOU66
Sam Alito admitted that his wife leaked the Dobbs draft after reading a mean post about Trump on Facebook.
Sam Alito admitted that his wife released the Dobbs draft after she read a mean tweet about Trump on Facebook.
This story does not make the neighbors look any better, despite the Times straining to do so. One of the more hilarious lines was the BLM neighbors with their "pandemic puppy" putting up a "You Are Complicit" sign and claiming it wasn't directed at Alito but Republicans in… https://t.co/nkofWk6CMw
The Alitos keeping it classy... From NYT 5/28... "Mrs. Alito happened to be standing outside. According to interviews with Ms. Baden and her husband, as well as messages they sent to friends at the time, Mrs. Alito ran toward their car and yelled something they did not…
The “young couple” were leftist activists who were being obnoxious. Also, Alito’s wife is not on the Supreme Court. https://t.co/ni0Zhvuwaz
The Washington Post whiffed on the Alito family’s flag-provocation story. @lehmannchris writes that it reveals how delusions of journalistic impartiality prevent basic news reporting. https://t.co/Pgx79isw6F
Neighbors Called Police After Spat With Justice Samuel Alito’s Wife Grew Heated: Report https://t.co/cZoKtSi4Sn
"One wonders what more Supreme Court Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. need do to defile the court’s reputation before Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) will do something more than issue a terse tweet or letter." From @JRubinBlogger: https://t.co/dpURuWrPu4
This is what I figured when WaPo first ran that story admitting they knew about the upside-down flag in January 2021: A longtime court reporter may have concluded that writing it was not worth alienating someone so important on the beat, he said. https://t.co/kbo9ViA2zI
This doesn't look good for Sam Alito's explanation for flying the upside-down flag. https://t.co/z8m1QxRAX0 https://t.co/EiGB0l3Fbf
Justice Alito’s wife ‘spat’ at liberal neighbors’ car in dispute that saw cops called https://t.co/YBq2VfYy11 https://t.co/4jRxIFfyP6
The Alito flag story reminds us that even in our most elite suburbs, neighbors are bitterly divided by menopause.
When do we hear that Alito’s wife got the idea for the upside flag when she got home from storming the capitol on Jan 6?
The wife of Supreme Court Justice Sam Alito allegedly spat at their neighbors' car and traded insults with the young couple, prompting their neighbors to eventually call the police More: https://t.co/M5efvfiJe9 https://t.co/M5efvfiJe9
Mrs. Alito's disputes with her neighbors are considered national news because of how the Supreme Court ruled in Dobbs, Semafor reports. (I suspect that's an accurate statement descriptively, although query if the point deserves some critical reflection.) https://t.co/qfMrM0IFRn https://t.co/HAf3l9jydT
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito is tangled up in two flag controversies: one that goes back to Jan. 6 and another one from last summer. https://t.co/5J7SLsXdm0
Blaze DC Correspondent @CBedfordDC on leftist hysteria over the "Appeal to Heaven" flag: "This is part of a routine now in Democrat strategy. It was Spring 2022 when the Alito memo leaked and it was the next Spring when ProPublica started going after Clarence Thomas." https://t.co/3fJnq10hBl
Justice Alito's wife leaked the Dobb's opinion to prove a point to her neighbor
Dear @jodikantor: "The conflict in the Virginia neighborhood does not explain why a second flag associated with the Jan. 6 riot, as well as with a Christian nationalist movement, later flew at the Alitos’ New Jersey beach house. The justice has offered no explanation for that… https://t.co/5sF0it37ZN https://t.co/i7Bc0wNFV9
Alito's upside down flag explanation was a lie. His "look what you made my wife do" excuse, which was always pathetically weak, doesn't fit the timeline of events. I wonder if people who insisted everyone look at it in isolation and take the Justice at his word will revise. https://t.co/b6MszmkVxK
Here is the amazing @jodikantor with details on the war of words between the Alitos and their neighbors. And Lordy, there’s a tape!!! https://t.co/7OryHv9NNw
After reading this NYT story, I’m disappointed Ms. Alito didn’t hang the flag for way longer. (Picture of neighbor protesting outside Alito’s house, below.) https://t.co/8vUymNvRp8 https://t.co/60EFMlSqke
Report: Alito neighbor called police amid spat in 2021 https://t.co/ARo2q9Dt2q
Samuel Alito's Neighbors Called Cops After 'Ugly' Run-Ins with Justice's Wife: Report https://t.co/gR18SVq45H
Even if you don’t believe that Martha-Ann and Sam Alito had ill intentions flying an upside down flag around Jan. 6, 2021, the fact their story and justification doesn’t appear to match the timeline in addition being poor judgment, creates a reasonable appearance of impropriety.
“According to interviews with Ms. Baden and her husband, as well as messages they sent to friends at the time, Mrs. Alito ran toward their car and yelled something they did not understand. The couple continued driving …. Mrs. Alito appeared to spit toward the vehicle.” https://t.co/eRKYxJBlle
"Mrs. Alito addressed the pair by name, used an expletive and called them 'fascists,' the couple told The Times and said in texts at the time." https://t.co/fqyD6qEuAz
Martha-Ann Alito allegedly harassed her anti-Trump neighbors so aggressively—including spitting at their car—that they called the cops and begged for legal intervention. https://t.co/Q6SR5rppJc https://t.co/31HDvsXTx9
The Alitos, the Neighborhood Clash and the Upside-Down Flag https://t.co/EbuWedpLlP
What a neighbor told police about the conduct of Justice Alito's wife, Martha-Ann Alito. https://t.co/7wJnTk9aJM https://t.co/AlYGnqMIdV
FALSE FLAG: Democrats’ Alito Freakout Is A False Flag Operation To Take Down The Court. https://t.co/ZqWMEG4wUO
Washington Post Sandbags Knowing About Alito's Flag Flying: Not doing your job is one thing, but you can't let folks think you've been out-scooped! So Much For The US News Rankings: Looks like they tweaked away their audience. Haters, Assemble!:... https://t.co/OdMTcp14sd
Dane County judge to issue ruling in case challenging Scott Walker's Act 10 https://t.co/onp3N7V4AA
But... but... but... Justice Alito flew a flag... https://t.co/2xpWYnl76g
Once again, it's crystal clear - the Supreme Court needs an *enforceable* code of ethics. I recently joined a letter calling for accountability for Justice Alito. If SCOTUS won't act, Congress must to ensure our highest court is held to the highest ethical standards. https://t.co/ybqYuiXtdN
The political bias and graft of Justices #Alito & Thomas have caused the Supreme Court to reach the nadir of its public image. That's why my resolution calls not only for the censure of Alito, but also his recusal from all #Jan6 & 2020 election cases. The public trust demands it. https://t.co/GiLEOF4eBT
The Alito flag smear is so absurd even the Washington Post passed on it https://t.co/UviaYBoZqz https://t.co/7dC2tqBowB
.@TomFitton on @FoxNews: The Left's Attack on the Supreme Court is Dangerous! https://t.co/1lfdRJx7Rt
Democrats’ Alito Freakout Is A False Flag Operation To Take Down The Court https://t.co/9YmwI8Hjwi
Senior US District Judge Michael Ponsor of Massachusetts publicly criticized Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito's approach to ethics after he allowed provocative flags to fly outside his houses. Subscribe to The Daily Docket: https://t.co/s1z0JFig0G https://t.co/HkerLQ5NGg
The discovery that an upside-down American flag had flown at the home of Justice Alito elicited concerns from politicians, legal scholars and others. Then came news of a second flag. Our reporter discusses the saga on today’s episode of “The Daily.” https://t.co/v7DbupRHcl
For the sake of the Supreme Court’s integrity and credibility, Justice Alito should recuse himself from cases involving the 2020 election and the January 6 insurrection.
Wisconsin law that banned collective bargaining for most public employees back in court. https://t.co/taX6ZM7e8S
The Alito/flag attacks are pure garbage: https://t.co/l8XKtOoCUR
Dems are pushing a phony uproar over the Alito flags. It’s part of a push to threaten conservative justices & to keep Jan. 6 “insurrection” myths alive. It’s the new “bloody shirt” in U.S. politics. Listen: https://t.co/gpVHjmOq2c
It’s no coincidence that the Left is attempting to smear Justice Alito as we near the end of the Supreme Court term. “Short term, it’s to intimidate the conservative justices and try to force a baseless recusal or to have them trim their sails on an opinion and longer term to… https://t.co/2kad2rVyVJ
Wisconsin judge to hear union lawsuit against collective bargaining restrictions https://t.co/aNVEFpm2lN
The Washington Post sat on the Alito upside-down flag story for 3 years because it didn’t seem political? Really? In this week’s Stop the Presses newsletter, I note how deeply political the court is and how negligent the news media have been. https://t.co/nF3tBdphDB
Morning reminder: Justice Alito, who was quick to blame his wife for the upside down American flag in front of their home in the wake of Jan 6, has yet to explain why a flag associated with Christian nationalism flew for months from his beach home. https://t.co/NCzqtkt0AU
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito's explanation for an upside-down U.S. flag flying at his Fairfax County, Virginia, home in January 2021 is the same now as it was then. https://t.co/BgAirnEN11
Have you noticed how those who think that Judge Samuel Alito should recuse himself because his wife flew an upside down flag insist that there is no reason for Judge Juan Merchan to recuse himself even though he gave money to Joe Biden and his daughter has Biden among her…
Former WaPo editor Cameron Barr admits he should have "pushed harder" to publish the outlet's reporting on Supreme Court justice Samuel Alito's upside-down American flag back in 2021. https://t.co/4Q0VAGEptV