'My wife is fond of flying flags. I am not,' he wrote to lawmakers.
Associate Justice Samuel Alito sits during a group photo of the Justices at the Supreme Court in Washington, DC, April 23, 2021.Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito is rejecting Democrats' calls for his recusal from cases related to the Jan. 6 Capitol attack and the 2020 election after flags flown at his personal residences sparked controversy.
Alito provided further details of the incidents as he responded to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin and Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse'sAlito told lawmakers in the letter that the incidents were not in any way his doing.Associate Justice Samuel Alito sits during a group photo of the Justices at the Supreme Court in Washington, DC, April 23, 2021.
"The use of an old historic flag by a new group does not necessarily drain that flag of all other meanings," he wrote in the letter. The justice, quoting from the Supreme Court's Code of Conduct, argued that the facts and circumstances do not meet the bar for recusal and that he will not do so. "I am confident that a reasonable person who is not motivated by political or ideological considerations or a desire to affect the outcome of Supreme Court cases would conclude that the events recounted above do not meet the applicable standard for recusal," Alito wrote. "I am therefore required to reject your request."
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