Senate Democrats are demanding that Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito recuse himself from certain cases and have called for a meeting with Chief Justice John Roberts to discuss ethics in the ...

Why it matters: Even some Republicans are criticizing Alito, with Democrats going so far as to demand his recusal from Jan. 6-related cases and even censure. The backdrop: A New York Times story ...

Elected Democrats and other critics ... do not meet the applicable standard for recusal. I am therefore required to reject your request,” he added. Alito also said that he had no involvement ...

Neither incident at Alito’s homes merited his recusal, wrote the justice, who has rejected calls from Democrats in the past to recuse on other issues. “I am confident that a reasonable person ...

In a letter to Democratic senators Richard Durbin and Sheldon Whitehouse, Justice Samuel Alito has soundly rejected their demand that he recuse himself from Trump v. United States and from any ...

TNR’s Greg Sargent takes a critical look at the day’s political news and the stories leading NewRepublic.com, and speaks to leading journalists and newsmakers.

It seems that Samuel Alito is precisely who Democrats say he is ... lead sponsor of the Supreme Court Ethics, Recusal, and Transparency Act in the House, told me Tuesday.

As the Senators know, the Court’s code stipulates that individual Justices make their own recusal decisions. Thus the Chief was right to let Justice Alito respond for himself, if he chose.

The contrast with Ponsor reveals more than Alito’s thin skin. His irate reaction to the Democrats’ recusal request amounted to a partisan counterattack. In a less indignant response ...

Alito has rejected calls from Democrats in the past to recuse on other issues. The New York Times reported that an inverted American flag was seen at Alito’s home in Alexandria, Virginia ...