Sen. Richard J. Durbin, the top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, renewed calls for a code of ethics for the Supreme Court after Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. rejected his recusal requests.
Sen. Richard J. Durbin, the top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, renewed calls for a code of ethics for the Supreme Court after Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. rejected his recusal requests.
The Illinois Democrat had requested a meeting with Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. over allegations that Justice Alito flew flags as political symbols.
He said Justice Alito must recuse himself from one case involving a charge against Jan. 6 defendants and another on whether former President Trump is immune from criminal prosecution in a case stemming from his contest of the 2020 election results.
The recusal request came after The New York Times reported Justice Alito flew an upside-down U.S. flag outside his house in 2021 days after Jan. 6, suggesting it was a political symbol.
“At the end of the day, the Chief Justice can end this spiraling decline in America’s confidence in our highest Court by taking decisive action to establish a credible code of conduct.
