{"id":584752,"date":"2023-07-28T22:31:44","date_gmt":"2023-07-28T19:31:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/alito-says-congress-has-no-authority-to-regulate-supreme-court\/"},"modified":"2023-07-28T22:31:44","modified_gmt":"2023-07-28T19:31:44","slug":"alito-says-congress-has-no-authority-to-regulate-supreme-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/alito-says-congress-has-no-authority-to-regulate-supreme-court\/","title":{"rendered":"#Alito says Congress has \u2018no authority\u2019 to regulate Supreme Court"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/04\/merlin_210775554_648e2138-6af0-4fbe-a50e-bd2338fd58f8-superJumbo.jpg-e1682711388396.webp?w=900\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Justice Samuel Alito said Congress has \u201cno authority\u201d to regulate the Supreme Court in an interview with the Wall Street Journal\u2019s opinion section published Friday, pushing back against Democrats\u2019 attempt to mandate stronger ethics rules.<\/p>\n<p>Alito, one of the high court\u2019s leading conservatives, is just one of multiple justices who have come under recent scrutiny for ethics controversies that have fueled the renewed push.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr1_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201cI know this is a controversial view, but I\u2019m willing to say it,\u201d Alito <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/samuel-alito-the-supreme-courts-plain-spoken-defender-precedent-ethics-originalism-5e3e9a7?\">told the Journal<\/a>. \u201cNo provision in the Constitution gives them the authority to regulate the Supreme Court \u2014 period.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Although the Constitution enables Congress to structure the lower federal courts, it explicitly vests judicial power within a singular Supreme Court.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Alito and some legal observers argue that means Congress can\u2019t prescribe certain regulations for the high court without running afoul of separation of powers issues.<\/p>\n<p>Chief Justice John Roberts has also questioned Congress\u2019s ability to act, but not as definitive as Alito\u2019s new remarks. Many court watchers who disagree with the premise believe that Roberts\u2019 questioning has given fodder to Republican objections.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know that any of my colleagues have spoken about it publicly, so I don\u2019t think I should say,\u201d Alito told the paper. \u201cBut I think it is something we have all thought about.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (N.Y.) was among the Democrats who rejected Alito\u2019s reasoning, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AOC\/status\/1685028166593613824\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AOC\/status\/1685028166593613824\">writing on X<\/a>, formerly known as <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>, \u201cWhat a surprise, guy who is supposed to enforce checks and balances thinks checks shouldn\u2019t <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ly to him.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr2_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>The piece also revealed Alito\u2019s first public comments on the recent ethics push since he authored an op-ed for the same paper\u00a0that was shared just before\u00a0a ProPublica investigation into an undisclosed Alaskan fishing <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trip<\/a> the justice accepted in 2008 paid for by a conservative donor\u00a0was made public. Alito also conducted an interview with the Wall Street Journal in April.<\/p>\n<p>One of the two authors of the piece, David Rivkin, is an attorney for conservative judicial activist Leonard Leo. Rivkin earlier this week penned a letter rebuffing Democratic lawmakers\u2019 request for information about the Alaska trip, which Leo reportedly facilitated, and Rivkin also actively practices before the court. James Taranto, the other author, is the Journal\u2019s editorial features editor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI marvel at all the nonsense that has been written about me in the last year,\u201d Alito said.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr3_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>The revelations about the Alaska trip followed a ProPublica investigation into luxury trips accepted by fellow conservative Justice Clarence Thomas. The Associated Press later <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/supreme-court-sotomayor-book-sales-ethics-colleges-b2cb93493f927f995829762cb8338c02\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/supreme-court-sotomayor-book-sales-ethics-colleges-b2cb93493f927f995829762cb8338c02\">raised concerns<\/a> about an aide to liberal Justice Sonia Sotomayor pushing book sales, and other justices past and present have also faced criticisms for a variety of other ethics dilemmas.<\/p>\n<p>In the wake of the new reports, the Senate Judiciary Committee last week voted along party lines to advance a Supreme Court ethics reform bill, though the legislation faces slim odds of passage.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans have portrayed the push as an attempt to tear down the court\u2019s conservative majority, and some have similarly cited constitutional concerns.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr4_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p><em>\u2014Updated at 4:58 p.m.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Copyright 2023 Nexstar Media Inc. 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