Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut called Justice Samuel Alito stunningly wrong in his contention that Congress should stay out of the Supreme Courts business and stop trying to impose ethics rules . Alito a conservative appointed by President George W. Bush maintained in an interview published in The Wall Street Journals opinion section Friday that Congress did not create the Supreme Court and has the authority to regulate it . The high court has repeatedly evaded requests in recent months to adopt a binding code of conduct instead responding to allegations of ethical improprieties by releasing statements outlining and defending its current procedures . That has failed to satisfy critics in the wake of an array of media reports shining a spotlight on how the justices are leading their lives off the bench . They are going to bend the law in order to impose their rightwing view of how the country should work on the rest of us Murphy said . The ethics legislation is not expected to get the votes required to advance on the floor of the Democratic-controlled Senate. And even if it did the GOPled House is unlikely to take it up. s Dan Berman and Ariane de Vogue contributed to this report . to this article. s . The Supreme Court has declined to satisfy Critics in the past month. The justices are not in bed having their lifestyles paid for by conservative donors as we have unfortunately seen. They arent in bed. Murphy said in the latest revelations. The Senate is unlikely of the . Latest revelations . The Senate has declined. to pass the . report. The Supreme … to this statement. The ethics … and even if they were to this month. s Daniel Berman and Dan Berman. s D. Berman and . Dan Berman . s Dan Bergman and Arianne de Vague. s d . d
Democratic senator calls Samuel Alito ‘stunningly wrong’ on Supreme Court ethics controversy
