Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito’s partisan behavior is not only endangering his own reputation as a longtime judge, but is also tarnishing the reputation of the Court itself, according to one legal expert. Earlier this week, Alito refused requests from Senators Dick Durbin (D-Illinois) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-Rhode Island) — who chair the Senate Judiciary Committee and Senate Budget Committee, respectively — to recuse himself from cases the Court is reviewing that pertain to the 2020 election and former President Donald Trump. The requests to recuse came about after two flags associated w…