Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito has rejected calls for him to recuse from a pending case involving former President Donald Trump and others related to the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, rebuffing critics who said that two controversial flags flown at his homes violated judicial ethics. ...

But Alito, who has chafed at past criticism from Congress, implicitly rebuked the lawmakers by saying that no reasonable person would deem his recusal merited over the episodes.

“A reasonable person who is not motivated by political or ideological considerations or a desire to affect the outcome of Supreme Court cases would conclude this event does not meet the applicable standard for recusal,” the justice wrote.