Democratic senator files ethics complaint against Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito
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The feud between the U.S. Supreme Court and the legislative branch of government continues to evolve with Democratic Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse filing an ethics complaint.
"In the worst case facts may reveal, Justice Alito was involved in an organized campaign to block congressional action with regard to a matter in which he has a personal stake. Whether Justice Alito was unwittingly used to provide fodder for such interference, or intentionally participated, is a question whose answer requires additional facts," Whitehouse wrote to Roberts.
The Democrat added, "As you have repeatedly emphasized, the Supreme Court should not be helpless when it comes to policing its own members’ ethical obligations. But it is necessarily helpless if there is no process of fair fact-finding, nor independent decision-making. I request that you as Chief Justice, or through the Judicial Conference, take whatever steps are necessary to investigate this affair and provide the public with prompt and trustworthy answers."