Critics need to leave the Supreme Court “alone,” Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said on May 21. The comment came days after Justice Samuel Alito acknowledged that his wife briefly flew a U.S. flag upside down outside their Virginia home 11 days after the security breach at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021.
Flying the American flag upside-down has come to be known as a symbol of distress or as a protest. After January 6, supporters of then-President Donald Trump borrowed the symbol as part of the “Stop the Steal” movement to protest irregularities they claim plagued the 2020 election, as well as the decision by Congress to certify the election of President Joe Biden.
