Congressional democrats challenge Alito and his imperial Court
By 
This is good to see:
“Congress has the authority to set the Supreme Court’s budget and to infinitely expand the high court. But, according to Justice Alito, Congress cannot require SCOTUS to have a code of ethics like the rest of the federal government,” Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-N.Y.) wrote on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, on Saturday. “Does that sound remotely logical?”
“Alito’s next opinion piece in the WSJ is about to be ‘I am a little king, actually. The Constitution doesn’t explicitly say I’m not,’” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) quipped.
Several Democrats with legal backgrounds were quick to question Alito’s reasoning that Congress had no ability to regulate the Supreme Court.
“This view is more than controversial; it’s incorrect,” Rep. Katie Porter (D-Calif.) posted on X. “As a government official, I welcome the American people holding me accountable—why doesn’t Justice Alito?”
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), who is running against Porter in a contentious primary for the state’s open Senate seat in 2024, chimed in with agreement later on Friday.
“Let’s translate these statements from Justice Alito, real quick: What we do and how we do it, who pays for our trips and our vacations, or a family member’s tuition, is none of your damn business. So buzz off,” Schiff wrote on X. “They need an enforceable code of ethics.”
Judicial supremacy is neither normatively desirable nor an empirical reality. Admittedly, in the current context the ability of Republicans and a handful of conservative Democrats to protect the Court at all costs makes it look close to true anyway. But this isn’t a stable equilibrium, and the current partisan alignments aren’t forever.