Supreme Court Justices Samuel Alito, Clarence Thomas, Brett M. Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett, Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, and Justices Elena Kagan and Sonia Sotomayor are seen at the 60th inaugural ceremony on Jan. 20, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Ricky Carioti /The Washington Post via Getty Images)
AFL cited in its lawsuit recent actions taken by both the Judicial Conference and Administrative Office in 2023 to "accommodate" requests from Congress to investigate allegations of ethical improprieties by Justices Thomas and Alito, and subsequently to create or adopt an "ethics code" for justices on the high court.
"Under our constitutional tradition, accommodations with Congress are the province of the executive branch," AFL said, adding: "The Judicial Conference and the Administrative Office are therefore executive agencies," and must therefore be overseen by the president, not the courts.
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Scolinos argued that AFL's proposed framework "preserves the separation of powers but also keeps the courts out of politics."
U.S. District Judge Trevor N. McFadden, a Trump appointee, has been assigned to preside over the case.
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