Associate Justice Samuel Alito sits for a photo at the Supreme Court on April 23, 2021.
Associate Justice Samuel Alito sits for a photo at the Supreme Court on April 23, 2021.
  • Justice Alito and his wife had an upside-down American flag flying on their lawn in January 2021.
  • Inverted flags were a symbol of the pro-Trump "Stop the Steal" movement.
  • Justice Alito told The New York Times his wife put it there and blamed a dispute with neighbors. 

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito had an explanation for the pro-Trump symbol hanging outside his Virginia home in the weeks following the Capitol Riot: his wife put it there.