Five ways to respond to Alito’s contemptuous letter
The latest Supreme Court controversy makes clear that it’s past time to rein in this institution.
By Jennifer Rubin, Washington Post
When Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. responded last week to a letter from Sens. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) urging his recusal from the immunity case involving felon and former president Donald Trump, the justice’s reply did not, in one respect, surprise his critics.
No one seriously believed that Alito would step away from the Trump immunity case amid reports that two political flags flown at his houses had also been embraced by the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol rioters supporting Trump…