The Supreme Court typically hands down its remaining and most anticipated decisions of the term during the final weeks of June. This year, right before this all-too-important stretch in its calendar, SCOTUS found itself in a crisis about its own legitimacy, this time due to Justice Samuel Alito's questionable flag-flying and secret recordings of him and his wife.
Or, at the very least, he should be taking responsibility for what they suggest about his ability to be an impartial jurist. Unfortunately, that is not what has happened; instead, it seems, Alito has forsaken his most basic responsibilities as a justice. SCOTUS finally adopted an ethics code, last year, after it was made public that Alito went on that undisclosed fishing trip and that Justice Clarence Thomas also received gifts and travel from a different GOP donor.
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