Steve HermanMay 16, 2024
NY Times: After the 2020 election, as some Trump supporters falsely claimed that 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. One of the homes flying an inverted flag during that time was the residence of SCOTUS Justice Alito. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/16/us/justice-alito-upside-down-flag.html?unlocked_article_code=1.sU0.dA3q.762sBv-t9c_6&smid=url-share
Supreme Court Justice Alito’s House Displayed a ‘Stop the Steal’ Flag After Jan. 6

An upside-down flag, adopted by Trump supporters contesting the Biden victory, flew over the justice’s front lawn as the Supreme Court was considering an election case.

The New York Times
Show threadAnne OminousMay 16, 2024

@w7voa an upside-down flag is a bigger middle finger to this country that burning a flag.
and a justice has done it while the wife of another funded an insurrection.

but god effin forbid democrats even start to discuss court expansion.

i'd read this article but why? i already know our SCOTUS is totally corrupt and does not care about the average american. they care about the Federalist agenda. and no one is doing a GD thing about it.

Show threadPiggleston PecanpantsMay 17, 2024
@rustoleumlove @w7voa It's also against the law. (Seldom enforced.) I guess you don't need to obey the law when you are the law.
Show threadPeter Butler

@LilPecan @rustoleumlove @w7voa I’m aware of all the (ridiculous to me) laws, but what are the punishments … Pretty much none?

https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/prelim@title4/chapter1&edition=prelim

>> The flag should never be carried flat or horizontally, but always aloft and free.

>> The flag should never be used as a covering for a ceiling.

To those laws, I give the big middle finger. Is this not America. land of free speech and expression?!

4 USC Ch. 1: THE FLAG

May 17, 2024 at 1:24amWeb
Show threadPiggleston PecanpantsMay 17, 2024
@peterbutler @rustoleumlove @w7voa I say nothing about agreeing or disagreeing with the law. The Supreme Court has given a pass to some people for breaking these laws, citing free speech. What I question is a SCOTUS justice flouting the law in such a public manner. But again, we've learned recently, the laws don't apply to them.
Show threadAnne OminousMay 17, 2024

@LilPecan @peterbutler @w7voa yeah, for me this isn't so much about whether or not he broke flag code/law

& more about the v obvious bias & corruption thats pervaded our highest court for a v long time. the shadow docket stuff is no conspiracy theory either. they actively take up weird, politically motivated cases to overturn laws.

i'm in Illinois -- & i cant even get my D senator to hold public hearings about it. just even to educate the public about how things are. we're falling so far, fast

Show threadPeter ButlerMay 17, 2024
@rustoleumlove @LilPecan @w7voa Yes, exactly. Not the details of the flag offense, but what the message indicates about the *deep* corruption of the court(s)