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A pair of Senate Democrats called for an ethics hearing for Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, the court’s third-longest tenured justice who has become embroiled inwith Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts to “immediately take appropriate steps” to ensure Alito recuse himself on any pending cases pertaining to the 2020 presidential election or the Jan. 6 Capitol riots—the court is set to rule on two Jan.
Whitehouse and Durbin, the chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, also pushed for the court to adopt an “enforceable code of conduct” for members and for Roberts to hold a meeting with the two senators “as soon as possible” to discuss what the senators described as an “ethics crisis.”American flag after former President Donald Trump’s loss in the 2020 election—a traditional symbol of distress, and one used frequently by Trump supporters to suggest the debunked theory the election was stolen.
According to Durbin and Whitehouse, Alito’s use of the flags “created an appearance of impropriety” that violates the court’s recently adopted code of conduct for judges, a self-proclaimed “codification of principles” aimed at avoiding potential conflicts of interest and providing a baseline for judges on permissible financial activities.We’re launching text message alerts so you'll always know the biggest stories shaping the day’s headlines.
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