Justice Alito rejects Senate Democrats’ call to step aside from an upcoming Supreme Court case
1 year, 3 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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‘An ethical crisis of its own making’: Democrats blast Supreme Court ethics
4 days, 8 hours 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
4 days, 8 hours 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
6 months, 3 weeks 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
6 months, 3 weeks 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
6 months, 3 weeks 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
6 months, 3 weeks 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. …

Alito leaves Supreme Court 'out on limb' with 'puzzling' judicial approach: legal experts
7 months, 1 week 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'
7 months, 4 weeks 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 …

Editorial: Supreme Court’s new ethics code falls short in solving its ethics problem
1 year, 1 month 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, 1 month 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, 2 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 …

Justice Alito rejects Senate Democrats' call to step aside from an upcoming Supreme Court case
1 year, 3 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, 4 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, 4 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, 4 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 …

Senators call for Supreme Court to follow ethics code like other branches of government
1 year, 5 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 …

Partisan divide drives Senate hearing on Supreme Court ethics
1 year, 7 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 …

Samuel Alito’s viral speech signals where conservative Supreme Court is headed
4 years, 1 month 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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