Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito responded to an effort in Congress that has some lawmakers pushing to impose a code of ethics on the court.
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Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito said Congress has no"authority" to regulate the high court, becoming the first justice to publicly speak out againstAlito made the comments during an interview to the Wall Street Journal opinion pages, which was published Friday after Democrats pushed"I know this is a controversial view, but I’m willing to say it. No provision in the Constitution gives them the authority to regulate the Supreme Court—period," Alito said of Congress.
While the bill’s prospects in the full Senate are weak, Democratic lawmakers have sought to address the Supreme Court’s unique status as the only federal court created by the Constitution, which puts it outside an ethics code developed by the federal judiciary.
Alito said in an interview he gave to the Wall Street Journal opinion pages, that Congress lacks the power to impose a code of ethics on the Supreme Court. Alito said in the latest column that while judges and justices typically don't respond to their critics,"at a certain point I’ve said to myself, nobody else is going to do this, so I have to defend myself."
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