Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. on Thursday declined a meeting requested by two Democratic senators following reports that flags tied to the effort to overturn the 2020 presidential election were flown outside the homes of Supreme Court Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr.
Senate Judiciary Chair Richard J. Durbin, D-Ill., and Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., last week wrote a letter to Roberts that asked for a meeting about Alito and ethics issues more broadly at the nation’s highest court.
Roberts, who as chief justice of the United States heads the judicial branch, wrote Thursday in a response to Durbin and Whitehouse that it is “rare” for a sitting chief justice to meet with legislators even in a public setting with both major political parties present.
