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Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito gives a middle finger to Congress: 'No provision in the Constitution gives them the authority

U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Samuel AlitoChip Somodevilla/Getty Images Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito spoke to The Wall Street Journal about congressional oversight. "No provision in the Constitution gives them the authority to regulate the Supreme Court," he said. The statement comes after months of news reports of ethical impropriety by members of the high court. After months of news reports documenting instances of Supreme Court justices breaking judicial ethical standards and Democratic lawmakers pushing for a code of conduct to be implemented, conservative Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito revealed in an interview that he doesn't believe that Congress has any authority to tell the court what to do."Congress did not create the Supreme Court," Alito said in an interview with The Wall Street Journal.

 

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