Senate Democrats Demand Chief Justice Roberts Push Justice Alito to Recuse in Trump-Related Cases

Two top Senate Democrats sent a letter on May 24 to Chief Justice John Roberts urging him to pressure Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito to recuse himself from cases related to the 2020 election and the Jan. 6, 2021, security breach at the U.S. Capitol. Justice Alito, a conservative, has long been targeted by Democrats, but criticism of his performance on the bench has escalated since he wrote the 2022 majority opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which overturned Roe v. Wade and returned the regulation of abortion to the states. Democrat complaints about Justice Alito have grown since it was recently reported that an American flag flew upside-down outside his residence and an American Revolution-era “Appeal to Heaven” flag was displayed at his beach house. The upside-down American flag and the Appeal to Heaven flag were borrowed by supporters of President Donald Trump after Jan. 6 as part of the “Stop the Steal” movement to protest irregularities they claim plagued the 2020 election, as well as the decision by Congress to certify the election of President Joe Biden....