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The Brian Lehrer Show

Justice Alito's Upside-Down Flag

The Brian Lehrer Show

WNYC

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4.61.5K Ratings

🗓️ 23 May 2024

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

A look at the meaning behind the upside-down flag displayed outside Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito's home.

Transcript

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0:00.0

It's the Brian Larry Show on WNYC. Good morning, everyone, and stay safe if you're in that weather out there.

0:17.5

I don't know about where you are, but where I am, it is raining hard and almost dark as

0:22.1

night. So be careful if you're out in this, especially if you're in a car. And good morning,

0:27.4

and we are in our spring membership drive. We're not going to dwell on it today, but I'm going to

0:31.4

repeat what Michael Hill and Tiffany Hansen were just saying for just a second, trying to reach

0:36.7

our goal of 10,000 donations by the

0:39.3

end of the drive, which means by the end of today, thank you for making yours if you haven't.

0:45.4

Now, we are now officially in Supreme Court decision season, right?

0:51.0

Today is a decision day on their calendar.

0:54.0

It could mean something big is about to drop

0:55.9

momentarily, like the presidential immunity case, another January 6th case that could apply to hundreds

1:01.2

of people convicted of obstruction, the Miffa-Pristone case, or something much more minor. They never say

1:07.7

what decision on what day, but it's usually around 10 o'clock, and we're ready just in case.

1:14.4

Meanwhile, did you see yet that the New York Times has discovered a second January 6th link flagged being

1:22.2

flown at a second home of Justice Samuel Alito? The Times says it has three photographs and the descriptions

1:30.1

of half a dozen neighbors that the Alito House was flying something I never heard of before

1:35.4

called the Pine Tree Flag or Appeal to Heaven Flag outside his New Jersey Beach House down on LBI, Long Beach Island, at the Jersey Shore.

1:46.4

The Times says the appeal to heaven flag was a symbol carried by some people on January 6th

1:52.2

and is associated with a push for a more Christian-minded government.

1:56.9

Of course, a certain type of Christian-minded government.

1:59.9

As the Times puts it, the long, obscure flag that dates from the Revolutionary War

2:05.4

is now a symbol of support for Donald Trump.

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