Ponsor, a judge in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, an appointee of former President Bill Clinton who took the court in 1994, wrote that Alito's decision to fly the flags ...

Alito’s New Jersey vacation home. Originally flown by George Washington’s ships in the Revolutionary War as a symbol of rebellion against the British, the white flag with a green pine tree has ...

But when the flag-flying incident came to light in early 2024, Justice Alito rejected calls to step aside. In his view, the recusal statute does not bind the Justices, and he announced his ...