Alito’s inverted flag makes a mockery of the Supreme Court's code of ethics

The Supreme Court's crumbling institutional legitimacy was rocked to its core with the revelation that an inverted flag — the banner of Trump insurrectionists and false stolen election claims — was flown from a flagpole at Justice Samuel Alito's home on Jan. 17, 2021, just days before President Biden's inauguration. 

It’s a bald political statement that ruptures any semblance of impartiality for Justice Alito and the court.

This is the latest in a series of ethical lapses by the court.