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.

Guest: Jodi Kantor (https://www.nytimes.com/by/jodi-kantor) , an investigative reporter for The New York Times.

Background reading: 

• An upside-down American flag, a symbol adopted by Trump supporters contesting the Biden victory, flew over the justice’s front lawn (https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/16/us/justice-alito-upside-down-flag.html) as the Supreme Court was considering an election case.
• The justice’s beach house displayed an “Appeal to Heaven” flag (https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/22/us/justice-alito-flag-appeal-to-heaven.html) , a design carried on Jan. 6 and associated with a push for a more Christian-minded government.
• The displays renew questions about the Supreme Court’s impartiality (https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/17/us/justice-alito-flag-reactions.html) .

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