Clarissa-Jan Lim is a breaking/trending news blogger for MSNBC Digital. She was previously a senior reporter and editor at BuzzFeed News.
Chief Justice John Roberts told Senate Democrats that he won’t meet with them to discuss ethics issues involving the Supreme Court, rebuffing mounting concerns about Justice Samuel Alito’s impartiality after reports that flags were flown at his homes that were similar to those carried by Jan. 6 rioters. In a letter Thursday to Sens. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., and Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I.
In letters to House and Senate Democrats, he continued to blame his wife for putting up the flags, while defending her right as a private citizen to do so . Last year, after ProPublica reported that Justice Clarence Thomas had received undisclosed gifts from GOP megadonor Harlan Crow, Roberts similarly declined an invitation to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee about ethics issues.
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