Justice Alito would be disqualified from January 6 cases if he were on a lower court but SCOTUS's rules are 'merely performative,' expert says

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• Justice Samuel Alito has faced criticism for displaying pro-Trump flags at his properties.
• The incidents would disqualify him from Jan. 6 cases in a lower court, but SCOTUS rules are more lenient.
• SCOTUS's code of ethics is "merely performative," a legal ethics professor told BI. 

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