The interviews prompted Democratic lawmakers, including Senator Richard J. #Durbin, the chairman of the #Senate #Judiciary Committee, to urge Justice #Alito to step aside when the court hears the case in the coming term, saying that they cast doubt on his ability to be an #impartial #arbiter.
Justice #Alito on Fri rejected demands from #Dem #lawmakers that he #recuse himself from a #tax #lawsuit after a #lawyer involved interviewed him for the (#Murdoch owned) #WSJ.
In an #unusual 4p stmnt attached to an otherwise routine list of orders concerning pending cases, Justice Alito dismissed calls for him to step aside as “unsound.”
#CourtReform #Corruption #JudicalEthics #law #legal #judiciary
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