Chief Justice Roberts declines to meet Senate Democrats amid calls for Alito recusal

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Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts declined a request from Senate Democrats to discuss ethics reform.

In a letter to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin and Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse , Roberts declined their request to meet and discuss what they called a Supreme Court “ethics crisis.

“Moreover, the format proposed — a meeting with leaders of only one party who have expressed an interest in matters currently pending before the Court — simply underscores that participating in such a meeting would be inadvisable,” Roberts said.from Jan. 6 defendant and Trump-related cases before the high court. He said on Wednesday that he had “nothing whatsoever to do” with the two flag incidents.as part of a dispute with a neighborhood family over their yard sign.

“I was not even aware of the upside-down flag until it was called to my attention,” Alito wrote. “As soon as I saw it, I asked my wife to take it down, but for several days, she refused. My wife and I own our Virginia home jointly. She therefore has the legal right to use the property as she sees fit, and there were no additional steps that I could have taken to have the flag taken down more promptly.

 

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