Alito Warns Congress Can ‘Turn Off the Lights’ at Supreme Court

Alito warns against congressional Supreme Court meddling, says some lower court judges 'have gone far astray'

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito warns that Congress could potentially defund the high court, stopping it from conducting its operations.

Samuel Alito warns Democrats could ‘turn off the lights’ at Supreme Court by cutting funding

The conservative justice argued that the judiciary is the weakest of the three branches of government.

Alito Warns Congress Could ‘Turn Off the Lights’

“Justice Samuel Alito, speaking to the Federalist Society on Thursday, warned against any potential congressional action to defund the Supreme Court as he defended the importance of an independent judiciary,” The Hill reports. Said Alito: “Congress can turn off the lights at the Supreme Court and stop everything from happening if they want to defund […]

‘Turn off the lights’: Alito admits Congress can effectively shut down the Supreme Court

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito acknowledged Thursday night that Congress has the power to effectively shut down the nation’s highest court, a week after Democrats swept the midterm elections.“Congress can turn off the lights at the Supreme Court and stop everything from happening if they want to defund their activities,” Alito told the Federalist Society, according to The Hill. “And there are many, many, many other things that they can do, o…

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Alito warns Congress can ‘turn off the lights’ at Supreme Court

Justice Samuel Alito, speaking to the Federalist Society on Thursday, warned against any potential congressional action to defund the Supreme Court as he defended the importance of an independent judiciary. “Congress can turn off the lights at the Supreme Court and stop everything from happening if they want to defund their activities. And there are…