Justice Alito Criticized For Unreported Luxury Trips | The View

SO YESTERDAY SENATOR DICK DURBIN ON JUSTICE ALITO WAS HAVING A WHOLE CONVERSATION, AND I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED BECAUSE, YOU SEE, WE'RE IN -- WHAT WEEK IS THIS? >> Joy: OF WHAT, THE YEAR? >> 51 DAYS. >> Whoopi: 51 DAYS WITH NO WRITERS. THEY'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE THINGS ARE. >> Joy: THEY NEED TO SOLVE THIS NOW. >> Whoopi: NOT JUST FOR US. >>

Joy: FOR THEM. >> Whoopi: WRITERS NEED TO GO BACK TO WORK. >> Joy: THEY'RE LOSING MONEY. >> Whoopi: FOLKS CAN'T AFFORD TO BE OUT, BUT THEY HAVE A POINT, SO WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS IT. WE ALWAYS HAVE OUR FINGERS CROSSED THAT EVERYBODY WILL GET WHAT THEY NEED SO WE CAN GO BACK TO KIND OF NORMAL, RIGHT? OKAY. [ APPLAUSE ] SO THERE IS A CLIP OF SENATOR

DICK DURBIN ON JUSTICE ALITO, SO LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT IT. >> ATEIT APPEARS THERE'S A FEEL IN THE SUPREME COURT THAT IT'S NONE OF OUR BUSINESS, AND THE PUBLIC DOESN'T NEED TO KNOW AND JUSTICES DON'T NEED TO RECUSE THEMSELVES FROM CRITICAL DECISIONS WORTH BILLIONS OF DOLLARS FROM THE PEOPLE WHO ARE ON THEIR VACATIONS. THAT'S GOT COME TO AN END AND THERE'S ONE PERSON WHO CAN

END IT BEFORE THAT COMES TO AN END TODAY, AND THAT'S CHIEF JUSTICE JOHN ROBERTS. IT'S TIME FOR HIM TO ANNOUNCE THERE WILL BE A CODE OF ETHICS FOR THE SUPREME COURT AND THAT DISCLOSURE LAW WILLS APPLY AND THEY'LL FOLLOW AT LEAST THE SAME RULES AS EVERY OTHER FEDERAL JUDGE IN AMERICA. >> Whoopi: SO WHAT IS HE TALKING ABOUT? FIRST, IT WAS CLARENCE THOMAS' MAMA WHO GOT

A HOUSE FROM SOME BILLIONAIRE. NOW WE'RE TOLD THAT JUSTICE ALITO WAS FLOWN TO AN ALASKAN FISHING TRIP ON A PRIVATE JET. NEITHER ONE REPORTED IT. >> Joy: RIGHT. >> Whoopi: WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE GETTING STUFF. >> Sunny: YEAH. >> Whoopi: AND DOING STUFF AND NOT REPORTING IT AND PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED. WHY HAVEN'T THEY FIXED IT? I'LL ASK YOU. >> Sunny: CAN I PUT THIS

IN CONTEXT? WHEN I WORKED FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AND I THINK YOU HAD THE SAME RULE APPLY TO YOU AS A FEDERAL EMPLOYEE. YOU CAN ONLY ACCEPT AN UNSOLICITED GIFT OF UP TO $120. AN UNSOLICITED GIFT. >> Whoopi: THAT'S LIKE HERE. >> Joy: WE HAVE A LITTLE HIGHER. >> Sunny: YOU CAN'T ACCEPT THESE GIFTS AND THE REASON YOU CAN'T ACCEPT THE GIFTS IS BECAUSE OF

THE APPEARANCE OF IMPROPRIETY. >> Whoopi: YES. >> Sunny: WE WANT PEOPLE TO TRUST OUR JUDGES, OUR FEDERAL PROSECUTORS AND INSTITUTIONS. RIGHT? WE DON'T WANT THEM TO THINK THERE'S SOME SORT OF UNDUE BRIBERY GOING ON, OR BIAS. >> Whoopi: YEAH. >> Sunny: THIS IS ANECDOTAL, BUT I HAVE HAD DINNER WITH JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR AND KETANJI BROWN JACKSON. NONE OF THEM WOULD LET ME PAY A CENT. A LITTLE

GIRL WHO WAS A SEX CRIMES VICTIM WANTED SOMETHING THAT WAS IN MY OFFICE. IT WAS, LIKE, A TEDDY BEAR AND I WAS, LIKE, SURE, YOU KNOW, MY BOSS CAME IN AND SAID, YOU CANNOT GIVE THAT TO HER. SHE HASN'T EVEN TESTIFIED YET. I WAS, LIKE, SHE'S 6 YEARS OLD. NO. SO THIS IS A RULE THAT APPLIES TO EVERYONE, AND JUSTICE ALITO USED TO BE A FEDERAL

PROSECUTOR. HE WAS A FEDERAL JUDGE. >> Joy: HE KNOWS BETTER. >> Sunny: HE KNOWS BETTER. >> Whoopi: THEY ALL KNOW BETTER. >> Sunny: HE DOUBLED DOWN SAYING HE DIDN'T HAVE TO SAY ANYTHING ABOUT IT. HE WENT TO ROME TOO. HAD HE CHARTED THAT PLANE IMS, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN $1,000. $100,000. >> Joy: JUST TO MAKE YOUR POINT, ELY ELENA KAGAN IN 2021, HER HIGH SCHOOL FRIENDS

WANTED TO SEND HER A CARE PACKAGE OF BAGELS, LOX, AND CHOCOLATES. KAGAN TURNED IT DOWN VOICING CONCERNS GIFTS PRESENTING AN ISSUE. I HAVE TO TAKE THESE ETHICS AND REPORTING CONSIDERATIONS VERY SERIOUSLY. >> Whoopi: YEAH. >> Joy: WHY IS SHE DIFFERENT FROM THE REST OF THEM? >> Whoopi: SHE TOLD AND THEY DIDN'T. >> Joy: THEY DO KNOW THE RULES. >> Sunny: OF COURSE, THEY KNOW THE RULES.

>> Alyssa: THE VAST MAJORITY OF AMERICANS AGREE THERE SHOULD BE FINANCIAL DISCLOSURES AND SUPREME COURT JUSTICES SHOULD HAVE TO DIGGS CSCLOSE TRIPS AND THERE'S A BIPARTISAN BELIEF THERE SHOULD BE A CODE OF ETHICS. I BELIEVE IT SHOULD COME FROM CONGRESS. I ARGUE CONGRESS WOULD BE MORE CORRUPT. >> Sunny: GEORGE SANTOS. >> Alyssa: WHEN I WAS IN GOVERNMENT, WE HAD THE OFFICE OF ETHICS AND IF YOU

VIOLATED A FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE OR THE HATCH ACT, THEY WOULD COME DOWN ON YOU. A NONPARTISAN GOVERNMENT ENTITY NEEDS TO ENFORCE THESE RULES BUT LET'S NOT BE NAIVE AND PRETEND IT'S ONLY JUSTICES ON THE RIGHT THAT ARE GUILTY OF THIS. >> Whoopi: IT'S EVERYBODY. IT'S BAD ETHICS. >> Alyssa: SHE WENT BACK AND REVISED HER DISCLOSURES, BUT THIS IS A REAL PROBLEM. I RAN INTO IT IN GOVERNMENT.

I WOULD GET INVITED TO A DINNER AND BE, LIKE, SHOOT. I HAVE TO WRITE A CHECK NOW BECAUSE I CAN'T ACCEPT THIS GIFT. >> Sara: EVERYONE INCLUDING THE JUDGES WOULD AGREE WITH -- THEY HAVE THE FINANCIAL DISCLOSURES. IF THEY WERE HELD BY THE SAME CODE OF CONDUCT AS REGULAR FEDERAL JUDGES, I THINK WE WOULD AGREE. THE THING WE LACK IS CONTEXT. I DON'T KNOW HOW NORMAL

THIS IS BECAUSE, LIKE, THE PRIVATE JET WAS JUST ADDED AS A DISCLOSURE I GUESS. SO THE RULES CHANGED. SO ON ITS FACE, IT'S L, LIKE, U BUT I NEED TO KNOW MORE. >> Whoopi: THEY KNOW. >> Sunny: THERE ARE NO RULES FOR THE SUPREME COURT IS THE ISSUE. >> Sara: IF THERE ARE PEOPLE ON THE LEFT, I THINK IT CHANGES IT A LITTLE BIT. WE'RE ONLY

THOSE INDUSTRIES. IT'S LITERALLY IN THE DESCRIPTION OF THEIR JOB THAT THEY MAKE UP LAWS AND THEY HAVE DIRTY MONEY IN THEIR POCKETS. THE MRA IS THE FIRST EXAMPLE. PHARMACEUTICALS, THEY TAKE MONEY DAY IN AND DAY OUT AND IT IS RICH COMING FROM ANYONE IN CONGRESS TO THINK THEY HAVE A SAY IN THIS. >> Joy: THE SUPREME COURT IS ABOVE THAT. THEY'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO DO THAT.

>> Sunny: THEY'RE DIFFERENT. >> Sara: THAT'S WHY I'M SAYING IF THERE'S NO ETHICAL GUIDELINES FOR CONGRESS. WE SHOULD START THERE. CLEAN THE ATTIC WHEN YOU HAVE GUESTS OVER. >> Whoopi: IF PEOPLE JUST FOLLOW THE LAW, IF THEY JUST FOLLOW THE LAW THAT'S THERE, THAT TELLS THEM -- >> Sara: THEY DON'T HAVE THESE LAWS. >> Sunny: THEY DON'T, BUT THEY SHOULD. >> Sara: THEY SHOULD. >> Whoopi:

CONGRESS KNOWS THEY CANNOT TAKE THINGS WITHOUT DISCLOSING IT. THEY CAN'T DO IT. THIS IS MY -- >> Sara: IT'S NOT THEY'RE ALLOWED TO TAKE MONEY. THEY DON'T HAVE TO DISCLOSE IT. >> Whoopi: THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED TO ACCEPT STUFF FOR THE PR PROPR PROPRIETY. >> Sara: GIFTS AREN'T MY CONCERN. THE INTEREST GROUPS ARE MY PROBLEM. >> Whoopi: ALL OF IT SHOULD BE YOUR CONCERN. >> Sara: MORE

SO THE LAWS. >> Whoopi: IT'S WHY THEY DO IT TO US. >> Sunny: YEAH. >> Whoopi: WE CANNOT ACCEPT THINGS UNLESS WE BOUGHT THEM. WE CAN'T TALK ABOUT STUFF UNLESS WE BOUGHT IT WITH OUR MONEY. >> Joy: YEAH, BUT YOU'RE SAYING IT SHOULD BE AN OUTSIDE WATCHDOG GROUP. YOU KNOW WHAT WILL HAPPEN, ALYSSA. >> Alyssa: GOVERNMENT ETHICS. >> Joy: THE CONSERVATIVES AND MAGAs IN CONGRESS WILL

SAY THAT ORGANIZATION IS CORRUPT. THEY GO AFTER THE FBI BECAUSE THEY DON'T LIKE WHAT THE FBI IS ASSAYING ABOUT THEM. >> Alyssa: THEY SHOULD BE HELD TO THE SAME RULES AS OTHER FEDERAL EMPLOYEES. >> Whoopi: BECAUSE THE RULES ARE THERE. THEY'RE IN PLACE FOR THEM. >> Sara: THEY'RE NOT HELD TO THAT. >> Sunny: THEY'RE NOT HELD TO THAT, AND WHY NOT? >> Joy: IMPEACHMENT MAY BE

THE ANSWER TO THIS. THEY STACK THE COURT AND PUT MORE JUDGES AND THERE COULD BE MORE CORRUPTION. >> Alyssa: IT'S ONLY BEEN DEMOCRATS TALKING ABOUT STACKING THE COURT THOUGH. >> Joy: WHAT? >> Alyssa: ONLY DEMOCRATS ARE ABOUT STACKING THE COURT, WHICH I THINK IS NONDEMOCRATIC. >> Joy: THERE IS NO RULE THAT SAYS IT HAS TO BE A CERTAIN NUMBER. >> Alyssa: IF YOU SAY WE'RE GOING

TO ADD THREE LEFT-LEANING JUDGES THEN YOU'RE BYPASSING THE PROCESS OF, LIKE, YOU NOMINATE SOMEBODY AND THERE'S A SEAT UP. >> Sunny: THAT'S WHAT DONALD TRUMP DID. >> Joy: THAT'S WHAT TRUMP DID. >> Alyssa: THEY WERE AVAILABLE. [ APPLAUSE ] >> Sara: HE DIDN'T ADD A SEAT. HE STOLE A SEAT. >> Sunny: THEY ALSO PREVENTED PRESIDENT OBAMA FROM CHOOSING HIS PICK. >> Joy: THAT IS THE MOST

CORRUPT THING THAT HAS EVER HAPPENED. >> Whoopi: THAT SWAMP WAS DEEPER THAN WE THOUGHT. THAT'S YOU. >> Sunny: OH. I HAVE LEGAL NETS. JUSTICE ALITO HAS DENIED ANY WRONGDOING AND SAID HE WAS NOT AWARE OF THE CONNECTION IN THE CASES THAT WENT BEFORE THE COURT AND HAD NO OBLIGATION TO RECUSE HIMSELF. CLARENCE THOMAS, JUSTICE CLARENCE THOMAS SAID HE FOLLOWED THE ADVICE OF COLLEAGUES WHEN HE DID

NOT DISCLOSE LAVISH GIFTS AND HAS ALWAYS TRIED TO COMPLY WITH DISCLOSURE GUIDELINES.