- In a wide-ranging interview published Friday, Justice Samuel Alito asserted that Congress lacks the power to impose an ethics code on the justices.
- “Congress did not create the Supreme Court,” explained Alito to David B. Rivkin Jr., an appellate lawyer, and James Taranto of the Wall Street Journal.
- “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.
- Alito’s comments were published after the Senate Judiciary Committee voted on party lines to advance the Supreme Court Ethics, Recusal and Transparency Act, with all Democrats in favor and all Republicans opposed.
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Defiant Justice Alito Says Congress Has No Authority To Police The Court
Justice Alito Says Congress Has No Authority To Police The Supreme Court
WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 23: U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Samuel Alito speaks during the Georgetown University Law Center's third annual Dean's Lecture to the Graduating Class in the Hart Auditorium in McDonough Hall February 23, 2016 in Washington, DC. Moderated by Georgetown Law Dean William M. Treanor, Alito began the conversation talking about his father. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
