Our Supreme Court is in desperate need of reform. Its code of ethics is non-existent and what few rules there ae are commonly ignored.

Here we have Alito, long an advocate for gas and oil interests declining to recuse himself from an important case.

I would suggest that if he were under the rules of a federal trial court, he would have to bow out.

But he’s not.

Just another day with the six rabid proto-fascist judges on the Supreme Court, more and more at best a source of humor than any source of justice.

Here below is a link to an article about the case and the argument for recusal.

James Alan Pilant

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/scotus-justice-refuses-recuse-himself-222049085.html

“His irregular recusal practice in oil and gas industry-related cases is undermining public confidence in the impartiality of the Court. They could not occur were he compelled to adhere to enforceable ethics standards against adjudicating cases where he has financial interests or the appearance of a conflict of interest where his impartiality might reasonably be questioned,” the groups wrote.

(The Illustration above is from David Balfour and while not entirely appropriate — Who doesn’t like a good sword fight!)