Justice Samuel Alito said in an interview that Congress does not have the authority to regulate the Supreme Court, pushing back against Democratic efforts to mandate stronger ethics rules for the justices. Alito argued that the Constitution does not give Congress the power to regulate the Supreme Court. While Chief Justice John Roberts has also questioned Congress’s ability to act, he was not as definitive as Alito. Some Democrats rejected Alito’s reasoning, arguing that the Supreme Court should be subject to checks and balances. The ethics push comes after recent revelations about undisclosed trips and other ethics issues involving several Supreme Court justices.
We’ve gone from “we’re not corrupt” to “you can’t do anything about it”. He’s not denying the corruption at all anymore.
What’s crazy is that all that was asked is that they disclose gifts and, if lavish gifts do come from someone about to participate in a case before the court, they maybe recuse themselves. It’s not even that the gifts need to stop.
It really reveals nakedly what they’re about.
it didn’t even go that far. Alito said “the court has rules that justices have to abide by”. We said “What are they?” and now he’s acting like a comic book villain.