Supreme Court Justice Alito Declines Recusal in Tax Case Despite Democrats' Concerns Over Lawyer's Favorable Op-Ed
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Supreme Court Justice Alito declined to recuse himself from a tax case involving an attorney who wrote a positive op-ed about Alito in the Wall Street Journal.
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Democrats including Senator Dick Durbin had requested Alito recuse over concerns about impartiality due to the op-ed.
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Alito defended himself in a 4-page statement, saying justices have no control over the attorneys involved in cases before them.
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Alito pointed out other justices who gave media interviews but did not recuse from related cases.
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Durbin criticized Alito's decision not to recuse himself from a case involving the lawyer who "honored him with a puff piece."