Judge Apologizes for Criticizing Alito’s Ethics Over Flags

A federal judge committed judicial misconduct in criticizing Justice Samuel Alito’s flying of flags outside his home that were also carried by Donald Trump supporters during the Jan. 6, 2021 riots at the Capitol, according to a recent order.

Senior US District Judge Michael Ponsor of Massachusetts issued an apology after US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit Chief Judge Albert Diaz found that the senior judge’s criticism, published in the New York Times, hurt public confidence in the courts as it took issue with Alito’s ethics.

The Article III Project, a conservative legal group that filed the complaint ...