Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin, D-Ill., called on Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito to recuse himself from any cases related to the 2020 election on Friday following a revelation that an upside-down flag was flown at his home a week after the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u2018Flying an upside-down American flag \u2014 a symbol of the so-called \u2018Stop the Steal\u2019 movement \u2014 clearly creates the appearance of bias,\u2019 said Durbin in a statement.<\/p>\n
\u2018Justice Alito should recuse himself immediately from cases related to the 2020 election and the January 6th insurrection, including the question of the former President\u2019s immunity in U.S. v. Donald Trump, which the Supreme Court is currently considering,\u2019 he added.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The outcome of former President Trump\u2019s federal election interference case notably hinges on what the Supreme Court determines about his claim of immunity.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Durbin claimed, \u2018The Court is in an ethical crisis of its own making, and Justice Alito and the rest of the Court should be doing everything in their power to regain public trust.\u2019<\/p>\n
The\u00a0Illinois senator called the revelation \u2018further proof\u2019 that Congress should institute a code of conduct for the Supreme Court. He urged his colleagues to support the passage of the Supreme Court Ethics, Recusal, and Transparency Act.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u2018Supreme Court justices should be held to the highest ethical standards, not the lowest,\u2019 he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Fox News Digital reached out to the Supreme Court for comment from Alito but did not immediately receive a response.\u00a0<\/p>\n
In the days following the Capitol riot in 2021, in which supporters of Trump sought to prevent Congress from certifying the 2020 election, the home of Alito and his wife, Martha-Ann, was seen flying an upside down American flag, The New York Times reported. The positioning of a flag in such a way is understood to symbolize a nation in crisis, and it was adopted by some following the events of Jan. 6 to express resistance to the results of the 2020 election.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., did not provide comment to Fox News Digital.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Alito recounted the situation to Fox News\u2019 Shannon Bream, telling her that a neighborhood argument began in January 2021 after one resident put up a \u2018F\u2014 Trump\u2019 sign in close proximity to a school bus stop.\u00a0<\/p>\n
When his wife spoke to the neighbor about the profane sign, the conversation was not productive, he explained.\u00a0<\/p>\n
According to the justice, the same neighbor then took the disagreement further, placing a sign that attributed blame for the events of Jan. 6 personally to Martha-Ann.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Later, during a walk, a resident of the home with the signage started an argument with his wife and called her names, \u2018including the C-word,\u2019 Alito claimed.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He explained that her decision to hang the upside down flag on the property was a response to the evolving feud and that it only flew \u2018for a short time.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n
Alito said he didn\u2019t believe it was his place to order his wife against doing this and characterized his neighbors as \u2018very political.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n\n
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