Alito ‘stunningly wrong’ that Senate can’t impose supreme court ethics rules

Senator Chris Murphy dismisses Justice Samuel Alito's claims that Senate has no authority' to regulate the supreme court

Senator Chris Murphy has dismissed claims by the supreme court justice, Samuel Alito, that the Senate has no authority" to create a code of conduct for the court as stunningly wrong".

The Connecticut Democrat made those remarks in an interview on CNN's State of the Union on Sunday, adding that Alito should know that more than anyone else because his seat on the supreme court exists only because of an act passed by Congress".