Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse filed a formal complaint against Supreme Court Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. this week, suggesting he ran afoul of judicial ethics by criticizing Mr. Whitehouse’s legislation, which would impose a code of ethics on the high court.
“I’ve lodged a formal ethics complaint against Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito. If the court claims it can police its own members, now is the time to prove it,” the Rhode Island Democrat posted on X Tuesday.
“In the worst case facts may reveal, Justice Alito was involved in an organized campaign to block congressional action with regard to a matter in which he has a personal stake. Whether Justice Alito was unwittingly used to provide fodder for such interference, or intentionally participated, is a question whose answer requires additional facts,” wrote Mr. Whitehouse in his complaint.
The justice said in the op-ed that he was not required to be recused from legal battles involving any of Mr. Singer‘s entities because he did not know of the connection — and had met Mr. Singer only a few times anyway. ProPublica also has targeted Justice Thomas with accusations about reporting gifts and recusing himself from cases. It reported that Harlan Crow, a GOP megadonor, paid private school tuition at Hidden Lake Academy and Randolph-Macon Academy for Justice Thomas’ great-nephew, whom the justice took in to raise at age 6.
Justice Thomas has defended his friendship with Mr. Crow and said he consulted with colleagues about disclosure requirements and didn’t skirt any rules.
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