Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse’s ethics complaint against Justice Samuel Alito is an opportunity to check the ever-growing political power of nine unelected jurists.
In his decision rejecting recusal, Alito claimed that numerous SCOTUS cases involve lawyers or parties who may have expressed favor or disfavor toward SCOTUS and that, therefore, his recusal was unwarranted.
The fact that Alito feels empowered to express his opinion on pending legislation that would likely be litigated before SCOTUS reveals the growing dangers posed by today’s high court.As pointed out by conservative scholar—senior fellow emeritus at the American Enterprise Institute—Alito’s view is plainly contradicted by such facts as Congress having the power to remove justices and increase or shrink the numbers of justices.
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