Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. is under fire for a second week in a row over flying a flag.

On Wednesday, The New York Times reported that Justice Alito flew an “Appeal to Heaven” flag at his Long Beach Island, New Jersey vacation home in 2023.

The Times called the flag, which dates from the American Revolution, a symbol for “a more Christian-minded government” and also was carried on Jan. 6, 2021 at the U.S. Capitol riot.

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It’s the second article from the same paper in just under a week about Justice Alito flying flags at his residences.

Last week, the outlet reported Justice Alito flew an upside-down U.S. flag at his Alexandria, Virginia, home in the wake of the Jan. 6 riot.

Democratic lawmakers have called it a public display of political activity, which would run afoul of judicial ethics. One House lawmaker introduced a censure resolution that demands that the justice recuse from any case related to the 2020 election.

It was the latest call for recusal after Senate majority Whip Richard J. Durbin, the top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, said the justice must recuse from former President Trump’s case for immunity from criminal prosecution over his contest of the 2020 election results.

Mr. Durbin reiterated those calls for recusal after revelations that the “Appeal to Heaven” flag was also flown.

That flag, also known as the Pine Tree Flag from the only element besides the phrase on the flag’s white background, was used during the American Revolution, originally by a squadron of six frigates commissioned in 1775 by George Washington.

The phrase “appeal to heaven” dates from 17th-century English political philosopher John Locke, who used it to characterize revolution as what an oppressed people have when there is no recourse on earth. Locke was one of the most cited philosophers in the Colonial period and among America’s founders.

The flag flaps surrounding Justice Alito first became public when the Times published a Jan. 17, 2021, photograph of the upside-down American flag at his house. The upside-down flag is a symbol of Mr. Trump’s “Stop the Steal” movement in 2020, according to the newspaper.

Justice Alito told the newspaper that he wasn’t responsible for the flag.

“I had no involvement whatsoever in the flying of the flag,” he said. “It was briefly placed by Mrs. Alito in response to a neighbor’s use of objectionable and personally insulting language on yard signs.”

He did not, however, comment to the New York Times about the “Appeal to Heaven” flag.

A spokesperson from the court did not respond to a request for comment from The Washington Times.

The calls for recusal come as the high court is weighing two major disputes this term over whether Mr. Trump is immune from charges stemming from his contest of the 2020 election results and also another dispute over an obstruction charge facing hundreds of Jan. 6 defendants, including Mr. Trump.

Those opinions are expected to come by the end of June.