Steve Benen is a producer for 'The Rachel Maddow Show,' the editor of MaddowBlog and an MSNBC political contributor. He's also the bestselling author of 'The Impostors: How Republicans Quit Governing and Seized American Politics.'
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito had already earned a reputation as one of the high court’s most controversial members. The author of some notorious rulings, the Bush-appointed justice has, among other things, delivered overtly political speeches, endorsed an advocacy group’s work, become a bit too cozy with conservative media, and declared his indifference to congressional oversight. But last week, The New York Times published this report, taking concerns about the justice to a new level.
If anything, his comments made matters worse: By Alito’s own telling, an anti-election symbol flew in front of his home at a contentious time because some people were rude to his wife — suggesting there was an understanding from the outset on the upside-down flag’s symbolic significance.
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