Alexandra Marquez is a politics reporter for NBC News.
Two top Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee asked to meet with Chief Justice John Roberts to address 'the Supreme Court’s ethics crisis' following reports that controversial flags flown at the Capitol building by some supporters of former President Donald Trump on Jan. 6, 2021, were also displayed at Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito’s homes. In the letter released on Friday, Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin, D-Ill. and Sen.
Following the first report, Durbin told NBC News that he didn’t plan to hold an inquiry on the matter but repeated calls for Alito to recuse himself from cases involving Trump. A subsequent report in the Times found that an “Appeal to Heaven” flag, which was also flown by some Jan. 6 protesters, was flown for an undetermined period at the Alitos' vacation home in New Jersey.
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