Far-Right ‘Appeal to Heaven’ Flag Flown Above Government Agency in DC
The “Appeal to Heaven” flag, a popular symbol for #ChristianNationalists that was waved by January 6 rioters, was raised over the Small Business Administration headquarters last week.
#j6 #JAN6 #AppealToHeaven #farright #sba #maga
https://www.wired.com/story/far-right-appeal-to-heaven-flag-sba-government-agency-dc/
#SCOTUS Justice #Alito spoke candidly about the ideological battle between the left & the right—discussing the difficulty of living “peacefully" w/ideological opponents in the face of "fundamental" differences that "can't be compromised." He endorsed…a necessary fight to “return our country to a place of godliness."
#law #SCOTUSstench #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt #ethics #evangelism #ChristianNationalism #AppealToHeaven
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/samuel-alito-supreme-court-justice-recording-tape-battle-1235036470/
"Sheets thereafter launched a protracted and influential campaign to promote the Appeal to Heaven flag as the banner of America’s Christian reclamation and to enlist government officials and Christian activists to promote Christian nationalism at the federal, state, and local levels. ...
As Trump built his movement, the Appeal to Heaven flag became ever more entwined with it."
#AppealtoHeaven #Alito #Trump #flag #theocracy #WhiteChristianNationalism
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Matthew D. Taylor parses for us the Appeal to Heaven flag that the Alitos chose to fly:
"At a graduation ceremony for a small Bible college in 2013, the Appeal to Heaven flag was presented to the evangelical activist and former pastor Dutch Sheets, who came to believe this flag was a prophetic sign of another revolution that would spiritually redeem America from liberal tyranny."
#AppealtoHeaven #Alito #flag #theocracy #WhiteChristianNationalism
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https://www.thebulwark.com/p/appeal-to-heaven-flag-nar-alito
…The letters include a much more specific explanation of why #MarthaAnnAlito flew the “#AppealToHeaven” flag at the couple’s vacation home….
#Alito said he “assumed” his wife was flying it for #religious & patriotic reasons. He definitively said neither he or his wife knew the flag was associated w/the “Stop the Steal” & it was not flown in solidarity w/that movement.
#law #SCOTUS #ChristianNationalism #ethics #judiciary #recuse #QuestionableJudgment
#Alito has yet to fully explain some key aspects of the controversy: How long did an #UpsideDown American #flag fly at the Alitos’ Virginia home? Where did they get the “#AppealToHeaven” flag that flew at their New Jersey beach house? And more. Here are the major discrepancies in Alito’s telling & what he still has not fully answered. Neither he nor his wife, #MarthaAnnAlito, responded to a request for comment.
[Slate]: A Benign 18th-Century Foam Finger
The defense of the Appeal to Heaven flag is familiar to anyone who’s been watching this court. By Dahlia Lithwick
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/05/appeal-to-heaven-flag-is-originalism.html
Justice #Alito tells #Congress he will NOT #recuse from #Jan6 related cases
Justice Samuel A. Alito, Jr. announced Wed that he will not recuse himself from Jan. 6-related cases at #SCOTUS after Democratic lawmakers questioned whether he could be impartial following reports that an upside-down #flag flew at his home in the weeks after the… [ #insurrection].
#law #PartisanCourt #JudicialEthics #AppealToHeaven #ChristianNationalists
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/05/29/supreme-court-alito-recuse-flag-jan-6/
“The same goes for the flying of an #AppealToHeaven flag at Justice #Alito’s vacation house along the NJ shore. Like the #UpsideDown flag, this #flag is viewed by a great many people as a banner of allegiance on #partisan issues that are or could be before #SCOTUS.
#UnitedStates #law #PartisanCourt #JudicialEthics #Judiciary #TermLimits #Recuse #ChristianNationalists #Jan6 #insurrection
“To me, the #flag issue is much simpler. The fact is that, regardless of its legality, displaying the flag in that way, at that time, shouldn’t have happened. To put it bluntly, any #judge w/reasonable #ethical instincts would have realized immediately that flying the flag then & in that way was improper. And dumb.”
#Alito #SCOTUS #SCOTUSstench #law #ActivistCourt #PartisanCourt #JudicialEthics #Judiciary #TermLimits #AppealToHeaven #ChristianNationalists #Jan6 #UnitedStates #insurrection
How Could #Alito Have Been So Foolish?
#Courts work because people trust #judges. Taking sides in this way erodes that #trust.
By Judge Michael Ponsor — a snr #Federal #judge on the #US Dist Court for MA, appointed in 1994 after 10yrs as a fed magistrate judge.
#SCOTUS #SCOTUSstench #law #ActivistCourt #PartisanCourt #JudicialEthics #TermLimits #AppealToHeaven #ChristianNationalists #Jan6 #insurrection
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/24/opinion/alito-flag-supreme-court.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb
Now revealed we have a #ChristianNationalist in the #SupremeCourt
#Easy to be furious at #SamuelAlito 🤬
Last week saw the…report that his wife (?) flew a flag upside down—signaling either that the country is in danger or that the election was stolen—in the days after the Jan. 6
This week, the NY Times further reports that #Alito was flying an #AppealtoHeaven flag at his NJ beach house this past summer. That flag is not merely another #Jan6 signifier but is also rooted in John Locke’s “appeal to heaven,” meaning “a responsibility to rebel, even use violence, to overthrow unjust rule”
#ChristianNationalism
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/05/sam-alito-flags-supreme-court-reform.html
@lolgop Americans needs to see/understand the work of the neo-nazi (christofascists) movement advancing in our Country! That movement has been in our Country for years with an apex today in a “Trump administration” and an “Alito court!” Now that I understand this movement, what to do?: vote, fight, leave or what ?! #Trump #Alito #appealtoheaven #Christofascists #opusdei #Ireland #Portugal #France
Supreme Court Justice Alito’s Beach House Displayed ‘Appeal to Heaven’ Flag
“We have reached another phase in the process of shifting the Supreme Court”. Through the justices, “God’s intent for institutions of government can now be fulfilled.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/22/us/justice-alito-flag-appeal-to-heaven.html #SCOTUS #Alito #christofacism #justiceAlito #appealToHeaven #flag
#Republican members of #Congress & state ofcls have displayed the #flag as well, among them #DougMastriano, a PA state senator & a leader of the “Stop the Steal” campaign. The highest-ranking elected ofcl known to show the flag is Rep #MikeJohnson, who hung it at his office last fall shortly after becoming #speaker of the #House.
#Alito #AppealToHeaven #ChristianNationalism #Trump #Jan6 #insurrection #SCOTUS #law #ActivistCourt #PartisanCourt #JudicialEthics #Judiciary #TermLimits #JohnRoberts
During the period the #AppealToHeaven flag was seen flying at the justice’s NJ house, a key #Jan6 case arrived at #SCOTUS, challenging whether those who stormed the Capitol could be prosecuted for #obstruction.
In coming wks, the justices will rule on that case, which could scuttle some of the charges against #Trump, as well as on whether he is #immune from prosecution for actions he took while president.
#law #Alito #PartisanCourt #JudicialEthics #TermLimits #ChristianNationalism #insurrection
The photos, each taken independently, are from 4 different dates. It is not clear whether the #flag was displayed continuously during those months or how long it was flown overall.
Justice #Alito declined to respond to questions about the beach house flag, including what it was intended to convey & how it comported w/his obligations as a *justice*. #SCOTUS also declined to respond.
#law #PartisanCourt #JudicialEthics #JohnRoberts #AppealToHeaven #ChristianNationalism #Jan6 #insurrection
AKA the #PineTreeFlag, it dates back to the Revolutionary War, but largely fell into obscurity until recent yrs & is now a symbol of support for #Trump, for a #religious strand of the “Stop the Steal” campaign & for a push to remake American govt in #Christian terms.
3 photos obtained by NYT, along w/accounts from…neighbors & passers-by, show that the #AppealToHeaven flag was aloft at the #Alito home…in July & Sept of 2023. A Google street view image from late Aug also shows the flag.
2yrs AFTER an #UpsideDown American flag was flown outside the VA home of #SCOTUS Justice Samuel #Alito, another *provocative* symbol was displayed at his…house in NJ….the #AppealToHeaven flag…like the inverted #UnitedStates flag was carried by *rioters* [ #insurgents] at the… #Jan6 2021 [ #insurrection].
#law #ActivistCourt #ChristianNationalism
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/22/us/justice-alito-flag-appeal-to-heaven.html?unlocked_article_code=1.t00.2xMd.Y8aUZ-CGwkQJ&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb
