; Whereas the Code preface also suggests that the code was promulgated to dispel the misunderstanding that the Justices of this Court, unlike all other jurists in this country, regard themselves as unrestricted by any ethics rules this misunderstanding ; Whereas Canon 2(A) of the Code provides that a Justice should respect and comply with the law and act at all times in a manner that promotes public confidence in the integrity and impartiality of the judiciary ; Whereas Canon 3(B) of the Code incorporates the Federal recusal statute, providing that a Justice should disqualify himself or herself in a proceeding in which the Justice’s impartiality might reasonably be questioned, that is, where an unbiased and reasonable person who is aware of all relevant circumstances would doubt that the Justice could fairly discharge his or her duties ; Whereas Canon 5 of the Code provides that a Justice should not publicly endorse or oppose a candidate for public office or engage in other political activity ; Whereas, on May 16, 2024, the New York Times published a photograph taken on January 17, 2021, of an American flag being flown upside-down in front of the residence of Associate Justice Samuel Alito, Jr.; Whereas the upside-down flag is a widely understood symbol of the so-called Stop the Steal effort which falsely and without evidence espoused that the 2020 Presidential election was stolen and that former President Donald J. Trump, not President Joe Biden, was actually elected as President of the United States; Whereas, on January 6, 2021, just a few days before the upside-down American flag flew in front of Justice Alito’s home, rioters who similarly carried the American flag upside-down stormed the United States Capitol in a violent effort to prevent Congress from certifying the results of the 2020 election; Whereas the United States Flag Code, codified in section 8 of title 4 of the United States Code, provides, No disrespect should be shown to the flag of the United States of America