Justice Samuel Alito schools Senate Democrats on 'unsound' demand he recuse himself
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Justice Samuel Alito on Friday rejected a demand from Senate Democrats that he recuse himself in a tax case because he sat for Wall Street Journal interview with one of the lawyers.
"This argument is unsound," Alito wrote in an unusual statement added to a list of Supreme Court orders. "There is no valid reason for my recusal in this case." Chris Pandolfo is a writer for Fox News Digital. Send tips to chris.pandolfo@fox.com and follow him on Twitter @ChrisCPandolfo.
Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee have been highly critical of Alito and the rest of the court for failing to adopt an ethics code, following reports of undisclosed paid trips taken by Justice Clarence Thomas and, on one occasion, by Alito. The committee approved an ethics code for the court on a party-line vote, though it is unlikely to become law.