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Justice Alito’s wife was caught on camera sharing her design for an anti-Pride ‘shame’ flag

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Martha-Ann Aliton and a model carrying a rainbow flag
Martha-Ann Aliton and (inset) a model carrying a rainbow flag (Photo: Shutterstock)

Supreme Court Chief Justice Samuel Alito and his wife Martha-Ann Alito have made headlines in recent weeks because of flags hanging in front of their homes.

It recently emerged that in 2021, the couple sported an upside-down starry sky outside their West Virginia residence. Although sometimes used as a distress signal, it has recently been more associated with far-right groups and protests.

He appeared at Alito’s home a few weeks after the January 6 protests.

This was followed by reports that they flew the “Call to Heaven” flag outside a vacation home in New Jersey last summer.

The “Call to Heaven” flag was once associated with the War of Independence. However, it too is now more commonly associated with right-wing protests and Christian nationalism.

Justice Alito basically blamed all of this on his wife. He said the toppled flag was due to an argument she had with a neighbor. They put an anti-Trump sign on their lawn.

“I had no involvement in the display of the flag,” Alito said in a statement. “It was briefly placed by Ms. Alito in response to a neighbor’s use of objectionable and personally insulting language on street signs.”

Alito later told Fox News anchor Shannon Bream that a neighbor had called his wife a curse word, which was why she was flying an upside-down American flag.

” Distress signal “

According to the Washington Post, Martha-Ann Alito told one of her reporters in 2021 that she displayed the flag as “an international signal of distress.” The reporter had gone to the house as the flag was flying and asked Ms. Alito about it. The outlet chose not to report on it at the time, but has since published the comments after the flag controversy exploded.

Today, the Alitos once again find themselves in a difficult situation.

A progressive filmmaker, Lauren Windsor, attended an event and secretly recorded her conversations with both Alitos. Windsor attended the Supreme Court Historical Society’s annual dinner on June 3 as a member under her real name. She pretended to be a conservative angered by the criticism the Alitos received over the flags.

Both Alitos fell into the trap of deception.

“You come after me, I’ll give it back to you”

Martha-Ann revealed she would bide her time and take revenge on those who attacked her.

“Look at me. I’m German, I’m from Germany. My heritage is German. If you sue me, I’m going to give it back to you,” Martha-Ann Alito said in Windsor.

“There will be a way. That’s not necessarily the case now, but there will be a way for them to know,” she added. “Do not worry about that.”

“This is how I satisfy myself”

Martha-Ann then goes on to say that she wants to fly the flag of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

“I want a Sacred Heart of Jesus flag because I have to look across the lagoon at the Pride flag for the next month.

“And he (her husband) it’s like, “Oh, please don’t put up a flag.” I said, “I won’t do it because I’m relying on you.” But when you’re free of this nonsense, I’ll set it up and message them every day, maybe every week, I’ll change the flags.

Chillingly, Martha-Ann then details some of the flags she has in mind.

“There will be all kinds. I made a flag in my head. This is how I satisfy myself. I made a flag. It is white and surrounded by yellow and orange flames. And in the middle is the word “vergogna”.

“Vergogna in Italian means shame. Shame, shame, shame on you

“A place of piety”

Martha-Ann’s husband doesn’t fare much better. Engaged by Windsor in a private conversation about how to bring a polarized nation together, Alito responded: “One side or the other, one side or the other is going to win.” I don’t know. I mean, there can be a way of working – a way of living together peacefully, but it’s difficult, you know, because there are differences on fundamental things that really can’t be compromised. They really cannot be compromised. So it’s not like you’re going to split the difference.

He then agreed with a suggestion from Windsor that people should fight to “return our country to a place of godliness.”

Following the flag controversy outside the House, some Democrats want Alito to recuse himself from decisions regarding January 6. He refused to do so.

Windsor said she felt “justified” in secretly recording her conversations at the event because the court is “shrouded in secrecy and refuses to submit to any accountability in the face of overwhelming evidence of serious violations of ethics”.

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