News about Elena Kagan, Supreme Court

Justice Alito's insistence in his letters to Congress that he has an "obligation to sit" in the January 6 cases *because* the Code of Conduct says so is an interesting data point for those who have insisted that the Code doesn't impose *any* requirements on the justices.

Mrs. Alito's disputes with her neighbors are considered national news because of how the Supreme Court ruled in Dobbs, Semafor reports. (I suspect that's an accurate statement descriptively, although query if the point deserves some critical reflection.) www.semafor.com/article/05/26/2024/in-a-pre-dobbs-world-the-washington-post-deferred-to-a-supreme-court-justice pic.twitter.com/HAf3l9jydT

Alito says the Supreme Court’s fake ethics code allows him to be unethical www.vox.com/scotus/352380/supreme-court-alito-ethics-recusal-insurrection-flags

NEW: Chief Justice John Roberts refuses to meet with Senate Democrats about Alito's ethics issues, citing "separation of powers concerns and the importance of preserving judicial independence." s3.documentcloud.org/documents/24705122/2024-05-30-cjr-letter-to-chairman-durbin-and-senator-whitehouse.pdf pic.twitter.com/70M5P3QpZV