Justice Alito Says ‘No Provision’ In The Constitution Allows Congress To Regulate SCOTUS

Justice Samuel Alito said “no provision” of the Constitution allows Congress to regulate the Supreme Court in a Wall Street Journal interview published Friday.

Alito’s comments come in the face of Democrats’ escalating efforts to impose a code of ethics on the Supreme Court following reports alleging justices violated ethics rules, which Republicans have sharply criticized as an effort to delegitimize and intimidate the Supreme Court. Just last week, the Senate Judiciary Committee voted along party lines to advance Democratic Rhode Island Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse’s Supreme Court ethics legislation to the full senate.

Whitehouse’s Supreme Court Ethics, Recusal, and Transparency (SCERT) Act would require the justices to adopt a code of ethics, increase disclosure and recusal requirements and establish a process for reviewing and investigating complaints made against justices.