Elena Kagan At Odds With Samuel Alito Over Supreme Court Ethics Reform
Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan on Thursday said the high court is “not imperial,” apparently distancing herself from the view that Congress has no business in establishing ethics rules for justices.Justice Samuel Alito last month told The Wall Street Journal that “no provision in the Constitution gives them the authority to regulate the Supreme Court — period,” referring to Congress. The comments came after several ethical controversies over his decision to accept a lavish trip and private jet travel without disclosing it.While Kagan emphasized her remarks were not meant as a rebuttal of Alito’s comments, she noted there are a number of actions that Congress could take to police justices, citing for instance that Congress is responsible for funding the court.“It just can’t be that the ...