With focus on Alito trip, Senate Democrats vow action on ethics bill

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Scrutiny of the Supreme Court intensified after Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. took the extraordinary step of writing an op-ed column to defend a luxury fishing trip to Alaska years ago that was partially financed by a politically active billionaire.

Although there appears to be little interest in the Republican-led House in forcing changes upon the high court, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Richard J. Durbin said his panel would consider legislation after the Senate returns from its Fourth of July recess.

In the op-ed, Alito said he was neither required to report the fishing trip on his annual disclosure form nor to recuse himself from cases before the court that involved Singer. according to ProPublica. In the subsequent years, Singer’s hedge fund came before the court at least 10 times in cases where his role was often covered by the mainstream media and the legal press, ProPublica reported.

 

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