Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito publishes a commentary in the Wall Street Journal defending himself from questions about his ethical conduct raised in a yet-to-be published article by news outlet ProPublica.
the WSJ website
The court has been embroiled in ethics controversies — in particular revelations about ties between conservative Justice Clarence Thomas and a Texas billionaire. Opinion polls have revealed a sharp drop in public confidence in the top U.S. judicial body. He said he stayed in a “modest one-room unit at the King Salmon Lodge, which was a comfortable but rustic facility.”
The Judicial Conference, the policymaking body for the broader federal judiciary, recently tightened its regulations related to that exemption, including requiring transportation by private jet to be disclosed.
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