The U.S. Supreme Court has a mounting credibility problem with the American public — and Justice Samuel Alito isn’t helping. Why should he care? Who will make him? On Tuesday, just hours ...

Alito has repeatedly angered Democrats over reports that he took expensive trips hosted by wealthy donors and that his wife flew flags signaling her political rooting interests at two of their homes.

Senate Democrats called on Alito to recuse himself from legal cases related to Trump and the 2020 election after his wife raised two controversial flags at his homes, including an upside-down ...

Alito’s New Jersey vacation home. Originally flown by George Washington’s ships in the Revolutionary War as a symbol of rebellion against the British, the white flag with a green pine tree has ...

Alito has previously faced calls to recuse himself from cases involving Trump. In 2021, an upside-down flag associated with the "Stop the Steal" movement was seen outside Alito's Virginia home ...

Alito faced calls to recuse himself from two major cases related to Trump last year after revelations that flags associated with Trump supporters who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 ...

But when the flag-flying incident came to light in early 2024, Justice Alito rejected calls to step aside. In his view, the recusal statute does not bind the Justices, and he announced his ...

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito on Wednesday confirmed a call with President-elect Trump, and he said they did not discuss an emergency application from Trump to block his upcoming sentencing ...

May 2024The Times reports Alito flew a flag upside down outside his house in Jan. 2021—when supporters of the “Stop the Steal” effort were using the symbol to protest the 2020 election ...

Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), a Democrat on the Judiciary Committee, called on Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito to recuse himself from President-elect Trump’s hush money criminal case in a ...

Thursday was not the first time Alito has faced public calls for recusal from cases. Following reports earlier this year that politically-charged flags adopted by Jan. 6 rioters were seen flying ...

Alito Jr. spoke with President-elect Donald J ... In 2024, The New York Times reported on an upside-down American flag flown outside the justice’s residence in the weeks after the Jan. 6 ...