The president and his team have decided not to engage on a story that progressives say demands their engagement.
Judicial reform activists have spent the last week urging Democrats to vocally condemn Justice Samuel Alito's actions and push for a full-scale congressional investigation. | Alex Wong/Getty ImagesTop Democrats have no plans to investigate reports that Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito flew an upside-down American flag outside his home after the 2020 election. And Joe Biden has no desire to even talk about it.
On the Hill, however, Senate Judiciary Chair Dick Durbin has resisted calls to hold a hearing into the matter. “I don’t think that’s going to achieve anything,” the Illinois Democrat told POLITICO of calling for Alito to appear, indicating a preference instead for the chamber to consider ethics legislation for the Supreme Court that has already passed his committee. Durbin on Friday sought a meeting with Chief Justice John Roberts to discuss the matter.
“I’m equally worried about what’s going with Alito and Thomas as I am with the next generation of judges,” Roth said. “It’s completely within the president’s authority to talk about judicial ethics.” Biden has not raised the issue at all in his public appearances since the first story emerged about the Alitos’ house flag. In a statement, his campaign called the Supreme Court proof that “elections matter,” but declined to directly address Alito’s actions.
“I’m under no illusions that Alito will appear before the Judiciary Committee, but the chief justice should feel an obligation to do so,” he said in a brief interview. Beyond holding hearings into the matter, there is little that Democrats in Congress can effectively do with respect to the reports around Alito’s flags . The Supreme Court is responsible, largely, for policing itself. The White House does not have the power to hold hearings.
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