Justice Alito rejects Senate Democrats’ call to step aside from an upcoming Supreme Court case
1 year, 6 months ago

Justice Alito rejects Senate Democrats’ call to step aside from an upcoming Supreme Court case

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Justice Samuel Alito on Friday rejected demands from Senate Democrats that he step aside from an upcoming Supreme Court case because of his interactions with one of the lawyers, in a fresh demonstration of tensions over ethical issues. Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee have been highly critical of Alito and the rest of the court for failing to adopt an ethics code, following reports of undisclosed paid trips taken by Justice Clarence Thomas and, on one occasion, by Alito. Last month, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin, D-Ill., and other Democrats on the committee sent a letter to Chief Justice John Roberts calling on Alito to not participate in a tax case that will be argued in the late fall. He said Alito’s statement is additional evidence that Congress should force an ethics code on the nation’s highest court, the only federal judges without one.

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Alito and Thomas urged to recuse from key case over 'cozy ties' to right-wing kingpin
5 days, 15 hours ago

Alito and Thomas urged to recuse from key case over 'cozy ties' to right-wing kingpin

Raw Story  

Ahead of U.S. Supreme Court arguments next week, a watchdog group asserted Wednesday that right-wing Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas must recuse themselves from a case "whose outcome could have sweeping consequences," citing "significant conflicts of interest" due to their relationships with "conservative kingpin Leonard Leo." While "all six conservatives now sitting on the Supreme Court can credit Leo …

‘An ethical crisis of its own making’: Democrats blast Supreme Court ethics
3 months, 1 week ago

‘An ethical crisis of its own making’: Democrats blast Supreme Court ethics

Al Jazeera  

In a new report, Democrats on the US Senate Judiciary Committee call out alleged ethical lapses among high court justices. A report from Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee has detailed new allegations about the “lavish gifts” justices on the United States Supreme Court received from donors. In their report, the Democrats slammed the Supreme Court’s chief justice, conservative John …

Senate Democrats render a verdict on Supreme Court ethics
3 months, 1 week ago

Senate Democrats render a verdict on Supreme Court ethics

Politico  

Many of the trips, including one Thomas and his wife Ginni Thomas took by yacht and private jet in Indonesia in 2019 as a guest of billionaire developer Harlan Crow, were unearthed by ProPublica last year. “To date, the Judicial Conference has failed to adequately respond to the Supreme Court’s ethical crisis,” the report says. While the Senate report’s main …

John Roberts Rejects Senators' Request To Discuss Samuel Alito’s Flag Scandal
10 months ago

John Roberts Rejects Senators' Request To Discuss Samuel Alito’s Flag Scandal

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Chief Justice John Roberts on Thursday rejected Senate Democrats’ request to meet to discuss the Supreme Court ethics firestorm surrounding Justice Samuel Alito. “Moreover, the format proposed ― a meeting with leaders of only one party who have expressed an interest in matters currently pending before the Court ― simply underscores that participating in such a meeting …

Chief Justice Roberts rejects Senate Democrats' request to discuss SCOTUS ethics and Alito flag controversy
10 months ago

Chief Justice Roberts rejects Senate Democrats' request to discuss SCOTUS ethics and Alito flag controversy

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Chief Justice John Roberts on Thursday declined an invitation to meet with Democratic senators to talk about Supreme Court ethics and the controversy over flags that flew outside homes owned by Justice Samuel Alito. Roberts’ response came in a letter to the senators a day after Alito separately wrote them and House members to reject their demands that …

Roberts rejects Senate Democrats’ request to discuss Supreme Court ethics, Alito controversy
10 months ago

Roberts rejects Senate Democrats’ request to discuss Supreme Court ethics, Alito controversy

LA Times  

Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. on Thursday declined an invitation to meet with Democratic senators to talk about Supreme Court ethics and the controversy over flags that flew outside homes owned by Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. Roberts’ response came in a letter to the senators a day after Alito separately wrote them and House members to reject their …

House Dems Ask John Roberts If Sam Alito's Flag Mess Violated The Court's Ethics Rules
10 months ago

House Dems Ask John Roberts If Sam Alito's Flag Mess Violated The Court's Ethics Rules

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON ― Democrats on the House judiciary committee on Wednesday asked Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts to weigh in on whether Justice Samuel Alito violated the court’s code of ethics when he flew flags at two separate residences that were the same as those carried by insurrectionists who attacked the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. …

Why Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito's lapse is different
10 months ago

Why Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito's lapse is different

LA Times  

Another day, another ethics crisis at the Supreme Court. When I first read about the upside-down American flag that flew at the Virginia home of Supreme Court Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. in early 2021, I thought, “Boy, that’s dumb.” When I later read about the “Appeal to Heaven” pine tree flag that flew at Alito’s beach home in New …

Ethics czar who prepped Samuel Alito for confirmation now wants him recused
10 months, 1 week ago

Ethics czar who prepped Samuel Alito for confirmation now wants him recused

Raw Story  

A former ethics czar for George W. Bush once helped Justice Samuel Alito prepare for his Senate confirmation hearing. Thus far, 45 Democrats have signed onto a letter demanding that Alito recuse himself and even Sen. Lindsey Graham called the move "not good judgment." "I'm very shocked by this, Justice Alito," Painter said to Here & Now's Robin Young. "We …

45 House Dems Demand Alito Recuse Himself From Jan. 6 Cases
10 months, 1 week ago

45 House Dems Demand Alito Recuse Himself From Jan. 6 Cases

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON ― More than 40 House Democrats are calling on Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito to recuse himself from cases involving the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection over the display of an upside-down U.S. flag at the conservative justice’s home shortly after the attack on Congress occurred. In a letter addressed to Alito and obtained by HuffPost, Reps. …

Alito leaves Supreme Court 'out on limb' with 'puzzling' judicial approach: legal experts
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Alito leaves Supreme Court 'out on limb' with 'puzzling' judicial approach: legal experts

Raw Story  

During his 18 years on the U.S. Supreme Court, Justice Samuel Alito has been known as a tough-on-crime jurist. But NBC News legal reporter Lawrence Hurley reports that some legal experts believe that Alito is expressing more sympathy for criminal defendants if the person is former President Donald Trump or Trump supporters facing January 6-releated charges. "Alito, appointed in 2006 …

Alito complains 'special' Trump shouldn't be 'subject to criminal laws like anybody else'
11 months ago

Alito complains 'special' Trump shouldn't be 'subject to criminal laws like anybody else'

Raw Story  

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito complained Thursday about the concept that a "special" former officeholder like Donald Trump could be expected to be "subject to the criminal laws just like anybody else." "Well, Mr. Dreeben, do you really, I mean, the presidents have to make a lot of tough decisions about enforcing the law, and they have to make …

Furious Republicans WALK OUT of meeting after Democrats subpoena billionaire megadonors Harlan Crow and Leonard Leo over ties to Supreme Court justices: GOP says ethics probe is a 'complete joke' in c
1 year, 4 months ago

Furious Republicans WALK OUT of meeting after Democrats subpoena billionaire megadonors Harlan Crow and Leonard Leo over ties to Supreme Court justices: GOP says ethics probe is a 'complete joke' in c

Daily Mail  

Senate Republicans stormed out of a Judiciary Committee meeting and expressed their outrage as Democrats voted to subpoena billionaires connected to top conservative justices, calling it a complete 'joke.' Conservative Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas disclosed that Republican billionaire Harlan Crow paid for a trio of his private flights in financial disclosure forms 'This is about an ongoing effort to …

Editorial: Supreme Court’s new ethics code falls short in solving its ethics problem
1 year, 4 months ago

Editorial: Supreme Court’s new ethics code falls short in solving its ethics problem

LA Times  

The U.S. Supreme Court justices have adopted a code of conduct designed to assure Americans that they will behave ethically. Now, after embarrassing news reports about questionable conduct by some justices, it finally has brought forth a document designed to dispel “the misunderstanding that the justices of this court, unlike all other jurists in this country, regard themselves as unrestricted …

Supreme Court cowards are hiding behind a hollow ethics code. Here’s how to fix that.
1 year, 4 months ago

Supreme Court cowards are hiding behind a hollow ethics code. Here’s how to fix that.

Raw Story  

Justice Samuel Alito claims Congress has no power to impose an ethics code on the Supreme Court. Justices Alito and Thomas don’t just “regard themselves as unrestricted” by ethics, they have so egregiously violated the rules of fair play they shouldn’t be allowed to serve. Thomas luxuriates in a conservative donor’s uber-wealth Gifts lavished on Thomas and his crusading wife, …

Justice Barrett expresses support for a formal US Supreme Court ethics code in Minnesota speech
1 year, 5 months ago

Justice Barrett expresses support for a formal US Supreme Court ethics code in Minnesota speech

Associated Press  

MINNEAPOLIS — U.S. Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett said Monday that it would be a good idea for the nation’s highest court to adopt a formal code of conduct, but she said the nine justices already agree that they should hold themselves to the highest ethical standards possible. “I will say this, there is no lack of consensus among …

Samuel Alito Won’t Take Himself Off Case Involving Lawyer Who Interviewed Him For Flattering Articles
1 year, 6 months ago

Samuel Alito Won’t Take Himself Off Case Involving Lawyer Who Interviewed Him For Flattering Articles

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Justice Samuel Alito, part of the U.S. Supreme Court’s six-judge conservative majority, said Friday he had no intention of stepping back from considering a case involving a lawyer with whom he had spent several hours in interviews earlier this year and who had written two articles in defense and praise of Alito. “There is no valid reason …

Justice Alito rejects Senate Democrats' call to step aside from an upcoming Supreme Court case
1 year, 6 months ago

Justice Alito rejects Senate Democrats' call to step aside from an upcoming Supreme Court case

The Independent  

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Chris Murphy Blasts Samuel Alito For Criticizing Congress Over Supreme Court Reform Efforts
1 year, 8 months ago

Chris Murphy Blasts Samuel Alito For Criticizing Congress Over Supreme Court Reform Efforts

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Sen. Chris Murphy blasted conservative Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito on Sunday for claiming that Congress has no authority to create a code of conduct for the high court, which has been embroiled in ethics controversies. “No provision in the Constitution gives them the authority to regulate the Supreme Court ― period,” Alito said of the lawmakers. …

Justice Alito says Congress lacks the power to impose an ethics code on the Supreme Court
1 year, 8 months ago

Justice Alito says Congress lacks the power to impose an ethics code on the Supreme Court

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Justice Samuel Alito says Congress lacks the power to impose a code of ethics on the Supreme Court, making him the first member of the court to take a public stand against proposals in Congress to toughen ethics rules for justices in response to increased scrutiny of their activities beyond the bench. Democrats last week pushed Supreme Court …

Alito: Congress can't impose ethics code on Supreme Court
1 year, 8 months ago

Alito: Congress can't impose ethics code on Supreme Court

LA Times  

Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. is the only Supreme Court member to publicly address proposals in Congress on ethics rules. Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. says Congress lacks the power to impose a code of ethics on the Supreme Court, making him the first member of the court to take a public stand against proposals in Congress to toughen ethics …

The Senate Judiciary Panel Will Consider Ethics Rules For The Supreme Court
1 year, 8 months ago

The Senate Judiciary Panel Will Consider Ethics Rules For The Supreme Court

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON — The Senate Judiciary Committee is expected to vote Thursday on a new ethics code for the Supreme Court, an attempt to respond to recent revelations about justices’ interactions with wealthy donors and others. The committee’s legislation would impose new ethics rules on the court and a process to enforce them, including new standards for transparency …

Senate Judiciary panel to consider ethics rules for Supreme Court
1 year, 8 months ago

Senate Judiciary panel to consider ethics rules for Supreme Court

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The committee’s legislation would impose new ethics rules on …

Senators call for Supreme Court to follow ethics code like other branches of government
1 year, 8 months ago

Senators call for Supreme Court to follow ethics code like other branches of government

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The chairman of the Senate …

Senators call for Supreme Court to follow ethics code like other branches of government
1 year, 8 months ago

Senators call for Supreme Court to follow ethics code like other branches of government

Associated Press  

The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, responding to Associated Press investigative stories on the Supreme Court, said Tuesday it was time for the justices to bring their conduct in line with the ethical standards of other branches of government. The nation’s highest court operates without an ethics code, instead following what Chief Justice John Roberts has referred to as …

Alito in the hot seat over trips to Alaska and Rome he accepted from groups and individuals who lobby the Supreme Court
1 year, 9 months ago

Alito in the hot seat over trips to Alaska and Rome he accepted from groups and individuals who lobby the Supreme Court

CNN  

CNN — Concerns about ethics and transparency at the Supreme Court have been reignited this week after Justice Samuel Alito acknowledged attending a luxury fishing trip on the private jet of a conservative hedge fund manager. The group’s legal clinic has filed a series of “friend-of-the-court” briefs in religious liberty cases before the Supreme Court since its founding in 2020. …

Republicans Defend Justice Samuel Alito After Another Ethics Bombshell Drops
1 year, 9 months ago

Republicans Defend Justice Samuel Alito After Another Ethics Bombshell Drops

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON ― Republicans are waving off ethics questions surrounding another Supreme Court justice, Samuel Alito, after it was revealed that he accepted an undisclosed trip from a GOP megadonor who had business before the court. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said Wednesday that Congress should “stay out” of the court’s business after ProPublica reported that the conservative …

It Took Alito Barely a Month to Violate the Supreme Court’s New Ethics Rules
1 year, 10 months ago

It Took Alito Barely a Month to Violate the Supreme Court’s New Ethics Rules

Slate  

On April 25, Chief Justice John Roberts sent the Senate Judiciary Committee a “Statement on Ethics Principles and Practices” signed by all nine justices. Roberts forwarded along the “statement” in lieu of testifying before the committee, and obviously hoped it would quell growing congressional concern over the Supreme Court’s growing ethics scandals. Roberts’ ethics “statement” explained that justices “may provide …

Partisan divide drives Senate hearing on Supreme Court ethics
1 year, 10 months ago

Partisan divide drives Senate hearing on Supreme Court ethics

NPR  

Partisan divide drives Senate hearing on Supreme Court ethics Enlarge this image toggle caption Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images Bitter partisan debates between Democrats and Republicans on the Senate Judiciary panel fueled a hearing on Supreme Court ethics Tuesday. Republican senators speaking at the hearing on Tuesday said that while they are concerned about Supreme …

Republicans Fine With Supreme Court Justices Having No Formal Code Of Ethics
1 year, 10 months ago

Republicans Fine With Supreme Court Justices Having No Formal Code Of Ethics

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON ― Senate Democrats have been demanding congressional action in response to last month’s bombshell report about Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas failing to disclose hundreds of thousands of dollars in luxury gifts from a GOP megadonor. This is something they can and should do on their own.” Grassley said it would be “inappropriate and unnecessary” for …

Senate Democrats Demand Answers From John Roberts Amid Supreme Court Ethics Controversy
1 year, 11 months ago

Senate Democrats Demand Answers From John Roberts Amid Supreme Court Ethics Controversy

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Sen. Dick Durbin, chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, sent a letter Thursday to Chief Justice John Roberts asking him to answer questions related to the Supreme Court’s ethics policies. In rejecting the committee’s request to appear or to send a justice to appear for a hearing, Roberts attached a “Statement of Ethics Principles and Practices to …

Samuel Alito’s viral speech signals where conservative Supreme Court is headed
4 years, 4 months ago

Samuel Alito’s viral speech signals where conservative Supreme Court is headed

CNN  

CNN — There’s no secret to what Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito wants for the law in America. “The pandemic has resulted in previously unimaginable restrictions on individual liberty,” Alito asserted Thursday, highlighting the consequences for “worship services, churches closed on Easter Sunday, synagogues closed for Passover and Yom Kippur.” Alito said he was not minimizing the death toll of …

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