The Alitos and Their Flags

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The New York Times

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🗓️ 28 May 2024

⏱️ 25 minutes

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The discovery that an upside-down American flag — a symbol adopted by the campaign to overturn the 2020 election result — had flown at the home of Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. elicited concerns from politicians, legal scholars and others. And then came news of a second flag. Jodi Kantor, the Times reporter who broke the stories, discusses the saga.

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0:00.0	From New York Times, I'm Michael Bolarro.
0:04.0	This is the Daily.
0:07.0	Today.
0:12.0	There is mounting pressure tonight on Supreme. today.
0:13.0	There is mounting pressure tonight on Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito,
0:17.0	after a report that a symbol used by election deniers
0:20.0	was on display at his home 11 days after the January 6th attack.
0:24.8	Neighbors told the New York Times that Justice Samuel Alito
0:27.9	had an American flag hanging upside down outside of his house.
0:32.4	For a guy who is a... upside down outside of his house.
0:32.6	For a guy who is a Supreme Court justice
0:36.8	that let that happen at his own home,
0:40.1	it's just sad.
0:41.8	More controversy at the Supreme Court.
0:44.3	According to the New York Times,
0:46.0	a second provocative flag was flown at a home
0:49.0	belonging to Justice Samuel Alito.
0:51.3	I think the question is, how many MAGgot battle flags does the Supreme Court justice have to fly
0:55.3	until the rest of the court takes it seriously?
0:58.2	The saga of Justice Samuel Alito, the flags that flew over his homes, and the extraordinary fallout that they've created.
1:08.0	Our guest is Jody Cantor, the reporter who broke the story.
1:25.0	It's Tuesday, May 28th.
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