If you spent a few minutes skimming recent headlines of left-wing media outlets and press releases from Democratic Party politicians, you might conclude — wrongly — that the U.S. Supreme Court is full of corrupt ideologues.

Justice Samuel Alito, they claim, is entirely compromised to the point that he cannot sit for any case involving highly controversial matters because his wife flew two flags: the historic “Appeal to Heaven” flag and the U.S. flag upside down in a sign of distress.