What Justice Alito said on ethics and recusal in his confirmation hearings

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https://www.citizensforethics.org/reports-investigations/crew-investigations/what-justice-alito-said-on-ethics-and-recusal-in-his-confirmation-hearings/

During Justice Samuel Alito’s confirmation hearings for the Supreme Court in January 2006, he committed to holding himself to an even higher standard for recusals than the judicial code of conduct required. He also represented himself as an impartial judge who would have no ideological agenda and repeatedly asserted that the president is not above the law.

As the Supreme Court considers high stakes cases about presidential immunity and accountability for the January 6th insurrection, Alito has attracted scrutiny for failing to recuse from those cases despite flying flags associated with the insurrection and the “Stop the Steal” movement at his houses. Despite calls from members of Congress, CREW and several other groups to recuse, Alito has refused.

Alito’s commitments to impartiality and abiding by the highest ethical standards during his confirmation hearings stand at odds with his failure to recuse despite the clear conflicts at play in cases related to January 6th and the 2020 election.

Alito faced scrutiny for his initial failure to recuse from a case against the financial company Vanguard while serving on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, despite holding at least $390,000 in Vanguard funds. Alito maintained that his failure to recuse was a mistake that he later remedied, and that ruling in the case did not actually violate judicial ethics rules.

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[BComplex]

1. If we had both houses, we should impeach the sob.

We should put his ass in jail, but I'm afraid that's not on the horizon.