<p>On Thursday, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/supreme-court" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Supreme Court</a> Chief Justice <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/john-roberts" target="_blank" rel="noopener">John Roberts</a> rejected a request from Senate Democrats for a meeting to discuss flags seen flying at Justice <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/samuel-alito" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Samuel Alito</a>&#8216;s homes that have drawn ethics complaints from the Left.</p>
<p>Roberts conveyed his message in a <a href="https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/24705122/2024-05-30-cjr-letter-to-chairman-durbin-and-senator-whitehouse.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">brief letter</a> to Senate Judiciary Chairman Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), chairman of the Judiciary Subcommittee on Federal Courts,&#8221; who sent a missive last week asking for an audience with the chief justice.</p>
<p>&#8220;I must respectfully decline your request for a meeting,&#8221; Roberts said, adding later, &#8220;Separation of powers concerns and the importance of preserving judicial independence counsel against such appearances.&#8221;</p>
<p>He continued, &#8220;Moreover, the format proposed — a meeting with leaders of only one party who have expressed an interest in matters currently pending before the Court — simply underscores that participating in such a meeting would be inadvisable.&#8221;</p>
<p>The controversy took flight with a pair of <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/16/us/justice-alito-upside-down-flag.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">recent</a> New York Times <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/22/us/justice-alito-flag-appeal-to-heaven.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reports</a> that said an upside-down American flag and an &#8220;Appeal to Heaven&#8221; flag were spotted at homes owned by the Alitos after similar flags were witnessed at the U.S. Capitol breach on January 6, 2021.</p>
<p>Durbin and Whitehouse additionally <a href="https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Letter%20from%20Justice%20Alito%20to%20Senators%20Durbin%20and%20Whitehouse.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">urged</a> Roberts to &#8220;ensure&#8221; Alito would recuse himself from any cases related to the 2020 election or the Capitol riot, including those that relate to the question of former President Donald Trump&#8217;s claims of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/eric-trump-warns-of-escalating-lawfare-if-supreme-court-rules-against-immunity" target="_blank" rel="noopener">immunity</a>.</p>
<p>Alito <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/justice-alito-tells-democrat-senators-he-will-not-recuse-himself-from-supreme-court-cases" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> Senate Democrats on Wednesday he would not bend to their demands. He denied being involved in putting up either flag and said his wife, Martha-Ann, put them on display as she is &#8220;fond of flying flags&#8221; and has the same First Amendment rights as every other American.</p>
<p>“A reasonable person who is not motivated by political or ideological considerations or a desire to affect the outcome of Supreme Court cases would conclude that this event does not meet the applicable standard for recusal. I am therefore duty-bound to reject your recusal request,&#8221; Alito <a href="https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Letter%20from%20Justice%20Alito%20to%20Senators%20Durbin%20and%20Whitehouse.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>.</p>
<p>In his letter on Thursday, Roberts made reference to Alito&#8217;s response and noted how members of the Supreme Court &#8220;recently reaffirmed the practice we have followed for 235 years pursuant to which individual Justices decide recusal issues.&#8221;</p>

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