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Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito may have committed an impeachable offense in the course of defending from the upside down-flag controversy in which he's embroiled.

Former federal prosecutor Harry Litman appeared on CNN on Saturday, where he was asked about the recent scandals facing members of the nation's highest court.

The host first asked Litman about the options to provide oversight to the Supreme Court to account for refusing to step aside on cases when they are clearly conflicted....

The tale Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito told to explain why an American flag flew upside-down over a spat with a neighbor — doesn't entirely square with Washington Post's columnist Phillip Bump.

For one, the Alexandria, Virginia, home that they dwell in lies on a dead-end street.

So if Martha-Ann Alito, the justice’s wife, supposedly hoped to provoke revenge with the distressed flag tied to the January 6, 2021 Capitol riot — it would have taken some effort for the target, being the neighbors, to see it....

A judicial ethics expert who previously was willing to give Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito a pass on the extremist symbol on his property, is now convinced he did in fact act unethically, according to The Washington Post.

The analysis came as part of a report that Senate Democrats are putting new pressure on Chief Justice John Roberts to call for Alito's recusal from the two upcoming Trump cases, involving whether he has presidential immunity from prosecution and whether people involved in January 6 can be charged with obstruction of Congress.

Alito, one of the most far-right members of the bench who is responsible for eliminating national abortion rights and severely weakening constitutional protections against racial gerrymandering, was discovered earlier this month to have had a "distressed" upside-down flag at his house at the same time as the January 6 attack — a symbol that was adopted heavily by the "Stop the Steal" election conspiracy theorists. He blamed his wife at the time — but then it was also discovered that an "Appeal to Heaven" pine flag flew at his beach house, a symbol frequently used by Christian nationalists which was also heavily present at January 6....

Another polarizing flag was flown outside Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito's home. This time it was his summer property in New Jersey, according to The New York Times.

Alito's Long Beach Island home featured the so-called “Appeal to Heaven” flag (aka Pine Tree flag) aloft in the July and September months of last year, the outlet reported.

Reporters chatted with six neighbors who vouched for the flag's presence and some shared photographs documenting it. Each requested anonymity to avoid potential acrimony with the Alitos....

A former ethics czar for George W. Bush once helped Justice Samuel Alito prepare for his Senate confirmation hearing. Now he's furious at Alito's behavior and wants him recused from any case involving Jan. 6.

Speaking to WBUR, Richard Painter, a professor at the University of Minnesota Law School,- confessed that he is very disappointed reading the report that Alito had a flag flying upside down outside his home.

Thus far, 45 Democrats have signed onto a letter demanding that Alito recuse himself and even Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) called the move "not good judgment." ...

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito may be in deeper trouble than media reports suggest, according to a former federal prosecutor.

Alito has been under fire since it was first reported that the jurist's home flew an upside-down American flag weeks after the Jan. 6, 2021, riot and insurrection attempt at the Capitol. The upside-down flag was also carried by numerous protesters claiming they were trying to "Stop the Steal" of the presidential election in 2020.

Alito has claimed it was his wife who hoisted the flag. If that's true, "it's worrisome but mainly another problem spouse," according to former federal prosecutor Harry Litman. ...