US EditionSenate Democrat asks Roberts to investigate Alito
- Senator Sheldon Whitehouse has filed an ethics complaint against Supreme Court Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr., alleging that he violated judicial standards. The complaint was prompted by an interview Alito gave to The Wall Street Journal, where he stated that Congress doesn't have the power to regulate the high court after the Senate Judiciary Committee approved an ethics bill.
- Whitehouse's ethics bill aims to establish a code of conduct for justices, protocols for investigating alleged misconduct, and rules for disclosure of gifts, travel, and income. The bill also calls for procedural rules requiring parties involved in a case to disclose any gifts or reimbursements given to the justices.
- The ethics complaint against Alito also highlights his alleged violation of judicial ethics by commenting on a legal issue that could come before the court. It also raises concerns about the involvement of David Rivkin, who interviewed Alito and is counsel for Leonard Leo, co-chairman of the conservative Federalist Society and a participant in an undisclosed fishing vacation with Alito.
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Senator Whitehouse Accuses Justice Alito of an ‘Organized Campaign’ Fueling Obstruction of Efforts by Congress To Impose an Ethics Code on the Court
The Rhode Islander, whose legislation is likely to pass neither the House nor Senate, takes an ad hominem turn against a sitting justice with whose jurisprudence the senator disagrees.
Sen. Whitehouse claims Supreme Court Justice Alito violated ethics, launches complaint
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.
Sen. Whitehouse Files Ethics Complaint Against Justice Alito
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., a champion for a U.S. Supreme Court ethics code, wrote to Chief Justice John Roberts on Monday to file an ethics complaint against Justice Samuel Alito for alleged violations of "several canons of judicial ethics, including standards the Supreme Court has long applied to itself."
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