News of a popular “Stop the Steal” symbol on the justice’s front lawn led jurists and politicians to express concerns about coming court decisions.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) on Friday shared his reaction to a new report saying that a symbol associated with the anti-democratic “Stop the Steal” campaign flew at Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito’s house following the Jan.

“Flying an upside-down American flag — a symbol of the so-called Stop the Steal movement — clearly creates the appearance of bias,” Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., the chair of the Judiciary Committee, said in a statement Friday. “Justice Alito should recuse himself immediately from cases related to the 2020 election and the Jan. 6 insurrection.”

Alito told the New York Times in a statement that his wife, Martha-Ann Alito, placed the flag upside down as a response to insulting language on yard signs.

Judicial experts say an upside-down flag at the justice’s home raises thorny questions about potential ethics violations and what circumstances require recusal from cases.

The symbol in question was an upside-down American flag, which supporters of Trump’s stolen election conspiracy theory began displaying after he lost to President Joe Biden in 2020. Neighbors who saw and photographed the flag confirmed to the Times that it flew on Jan.

Justice Alito told The New York Times an upside-down American flag flying in his yard was "briefly placed" by his wife.

An upside-down American flag, a symbol associated with former President Donald Trump’s false claims of election fraud, was displayed outside the home of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito in January 2021,