Outside Supreme Court justice's home, a Revolution-era flag, now a call for Christian nationalism

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

56% : We are scholars of visual and political rhetoric who study the cultural meaning ascribed to symbols, such as flags, and how those symbols function in the world.
55% : In a Jan. 31, 2024, Facebook post, a flag company advertised the Appeal to Heaven flag with a lengthy description, including noting that its meaning "transcends its historical origins" and is "(p)opular among Republicans and Christians ... seen as a symbol of Christian nationalism.
53% : One, an upside-down American flag, is a longtime symbol of a vessel - or a nation - in distress, which Trump supporters adopted after the 2020 election.
52% : Christian nationalism refers to a set of ideological beliefs that champion the U.S. as a wholly Christian nation ordained by God.
44% : Homes owned by Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito have flown flags linked to the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection and the general effort of Donald Trump and his supporters to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.

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