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On the recordMay 22, 2024
Through recent confirmed reports, we now know that after the January 6, 2021, Capitol insurrection, Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito flew an upside-down American flag in front of his home for several days. This is just the latest brazen act by an out-of-control, extreme MAGA Justice whose conduct is directly responsible for the current public opinion on the Supreme Court being at record lows. The inverted flag was a well-known symbol flown by far-right, extreme MAGA activists in early 2021. These were extremists who believed the former President's nonsensical election lie and who supported the goals of the January 6 assault on this body and our democracy. Federal judges cannot make political displays, and Alito is a Supreme Court Justice. He knew exactly what he was doing when he expressed solidarity with January 6 criminals. To quote Esmeralda Santiago: ``Tell me who you walk with, and I'll tell you who you are.'' Time and time again, Alito has shown us who he is, a far-right, extreme MAGA ideologue who is anything but impartial with regards to justice. In 2022, Alito followed the directives of the former President and the far-right, extreme MAGA camp to defy the will of the American people and 50 years of legal precedent by writing the decision to reverse Roe v. Wade.…
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Adriano Espaillat
Democratic · New York
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govinfo.gov
May 22, 2024

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