政治性旗帜事件发生后，首席大法官约翰·罗伯茨拒绝与民主党参议员会面讨论道德准则。 Chief Justice John Roberts declines to meet with Democratic senators on code of ethics after politically-oriented flags incident.

在大法官塞缪尔·阿利托的家中悬挂政治旗帜的丑闻曝光后，首席大法官约翰·罗伯茨拒绝与民主党参议员会面讨论最高法院的道德准则。 Chief Justice John Roberts has declined to meet with Democratic senators to discuss the Supreme Court's code of ethics, following the revelations of politically-oriented flags displayed at the homes of Justice Samuel Alito. 罗伯茨在致参议院司法委员会主席迪克·德宾和联邦法院小组委员会主席谢尔登·怀特豪斯的一封信中表示，个别法官将继续自行决定是否回避。 In a letter to Senate Judiciary Chair Dick Durbin and Subcommittee on the Federal Courts Chair Sheldon Whitehouse, Roberts stated that individual justices will continue to decide their own recusals.