Alito Rejects Democrats' Calls to Recuse Himself Over Wall Street Journal Interviews

Justice Alito rejected calls from Senate Democrats to recuse himself from a tax case where one of the lawyers interviewed Alito for the Wall Street Journal.
Alito argued there was nothing unusual about the interviews and said recusing over interviews would disrupt the Court's work.
Democrats claimed Alito used the interviews to "air personal grievances" and said it created an "appearance of impropriety."
Alito said the lawyer was acting as a journalist, not an advocate, when interviewing him.
Alito forcefully defended himself, saying he had to respond to "assaults on the court's integrity" when others would not.

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