Supreme Court Justice Alito Rejects Democrats' Recusal Demand Over Ethics Concerns in Upcoming Tax Case

Justice Alito rejected Senate Democrats' call to recuse himself from an upcoming Supreme Court case due to his interactions with a lawyer involved in the case
Democrats criticized Alito over ethics issues related to his and other justices' failure to adopt an ethics code and undisclosed trips
The case involves a tax dispute where one of the lawyers, David Rivkin, interviewed Alito for Wall Street Journal articles
Alito said in a statement there is no valid reason for him to recuse himself from the case
Alito argued Rivkin participated in the interviews as a journalist, not an advocate, and the case was never discussed

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Supreme Court Justice Alito Rejects Democrats' Recusal Demand Over Ethics Concerns in Upcoming Tax Case

Justice Alito rejected Senate Democrats' call to recuse himself from an upcoming Supreme Court case due to his interactions with a lawyer involved in the case
Democrats criticized Alito over ethics issues related to his and other justices' failure to adopt an ethics code and undisclosed trips
The case involves a tax dispute where one of the lawyers, David Rivkin, interviewed Alito for Wall Street Journal articles
Alito said in a statement there is no valid reason for him to recuse himself from the case
Alito argued Rivkin participated in the interviews as a journalist, not an advocate, and the case was never discussed

apnews.com

Relevant topic timeline:

7/28/2023

Justice Alito says Congress lacks the power to impose ethics code on Supreme Court

9/5/2023

Senator files ethics complaint against supreme court justice Samuel Alito

Senator Sheldon Whitehouse has filed an ethics complaint against Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, accusing him of violating judicial ethics standards with recent public comments.

9/5/2023

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse files ethics complaint over Justice Samuel Alito interview

9/8/2023

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

Justice Samuel Alito firmly rejects calls for recusal in a tax case, dismissing arguments that his interviews with a conservative lawyer present an appearance of impropriety.

9/13/2023

Durbin Calls Out Supreme Court's Ethics Issues to Chief Justice Roberts