https://cnn.com/politics/supreme-court-ethics-alito-roberts/inde…
Chief Justice John Roberts has been seeking unanimity among the nine justices for firm ethics standards, CNN has learned, but such agreement has eluded him. It is not clear what standards a majority might be considering and the reasoning of the holdouts.
Justice Samuel Alito’s new comments in a Wall Street Journal interview suggest why he and perhaps other justices might be resisting and rebuffing outside pressure related to ethics, despite escalating controversy over justices’ lavish travel and other off-bench behavior.
Alito said he “voluntarily follows disclosure statutes that apply to lower court judges,” and he expressed disdain for congressional efforts to persuade the justices to adopt their own ethics rules.
“I know this is a controversial view, but I’m going to say it,” Alito said. “No provision in the Constitution gives them the authority to regulate the Supreme Court – period.”
Alito’s broader remarks reflected a belief that outside critics, not the justices themselves, are the source of legitimacy concerns engulfing the high court.
Yet even as Alito brushed aside controversy over justices’ luxury travels and other extracurricular activities, including his own, he revealed a potential new conflict of interest by granting a lawyer involved in court business hours of personal access for the interviews.
@C0al1tionBertDemocrat10mos10MO
He won't get unanimity but perhaps a solid majority will suffice.
@EuphoricActivistSocialist10mos10MO
Clarence ain’t signing til
His Mama get a new sofa
@InnocentAmnestyGreen10mos10MO
Or what? a strongly worded tweet will follow. The only consequence worth anything is impeachment and removal and that's off the table regarding every justice given the partisan divide.
@VoterIDVoleSocialist10mos10MO
This is gonna go about as well for Chief Justice Roberts as it would if Don Corleone sought unanimity among the 5 families for firm ethics standards
