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Justice Samuel Alito said in an interview that Congress does not have the authority to regulate the Supreme Court, pushing back against Democratic efforts to mandate stronger ethics rules for the justices. Alito argued that the Constitution does not give Congress the power to regulate the Supreme Court. While Chief Justice John Roberts has also questioned Congress's ability to act, he was not as definitive as Alito. Some Democrats rejected Alito's reasoning, arguing that the Supreme Court should be subject to checks and balances. The ethics push comes after recent revelations about undisclosed trips and other ethics issues involving several Supreme Court justices.

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[–] ConsciousCode@beehaw.org 38 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I guess "checks and balances" means nothing, then. What happens when congress passes laws to regulate them and they just say "nuh uh that's unconstitutional" when it's obviously and demonstrably not?

[–] plantstho@beehaw.org 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)
[–] snowbell@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

There are plenty of times when they say stuff that is blatantly unconstitutional is constitutional as well

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