Alito, I hate to say it, but you are 100% full of ■■■■ on this one.
Sorry.
The Constitution may have technically “created” the Supreme Court, but Congress ultimately put it into operation.
The Constitution also created the Presidency, yet the Congress has made laws regulating the Presidency in the matter of ethics in numerous ways.
Alito’s statement is simply absurd on its face and he discredits himself by saying it.
Yes, Congress can certainly impose a binding ethics code on the Supreme Court and should do so immediately. It should pass the law in such a way as to prohibit judicial review of said law, consistent as was done with the Mountain Valley Pipeline.
Justices and their spouses would be banned from accepting gifts, meals, travel or vacations. If invited on a trip, they would be required to pay the fair market value for all travel, meals, lodging and other accommodations. They would be limited to $50,000 a year in outside income from college instruction. Book revenues would be permitted, but the Justice would be permanently recused from any cases involving the publisher and associated companies.
Justices and their spouses would be required to place their assets in a double blind trust for the duration of their service.
They would also be subject to increased scrutiny on the sale or acquisition of real property.
The spouse’s political activity would be considered grounds for recusal on the part of the Justice if necessary.
Nope, Alito, you are dead wrong on this. Just having the hubris to say this discredits you.
Saying things like this delegitimizes the Supreme Court far more than any decision ever will.
So I not only oppose this statement, I condemn it.