The justices make those calls on their own, Chief Justice Roberts wrote in a letter to Democratic senators.
Members of the Supreme Court recently reaffirmed the practice we have followed for 235 years pursuant to which individual justices decide recusal issues, he wrote.
The chief justice also rejected a request to meet with Democratic senators to discuss ethics at the Supreme Court, writing that doing so would raise concerns about separation of powers and judicial independence.
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