US Supreme Court (SCOTUS) Chief Justice John Roberts on Thursday rebuffed Democratic senators' request to have Justice Samuel Alito recuse himself from cases involving the Jan. 6, 2021 riots at the US Capitol and turned down an invitation to speak with those senators about ethics at the Court.
Roberts wrote that justices should continue making their own decisions about recusals, and he would "respectfully decline" meeting with the senators because a "meeting with leaders only of one party" would be "inadvisable."