MSNBC legal analyst Joyce Vance on Friday hammered Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito for taking a phone call from President-elect Donald Trump shortly before he was due to issue a ruling on Trump's criminal sentencing in the Manhattan hush-money case.

It makes a mockery of the so-called ethics rules that they put in place, but that there's no mechanism to enforce.

Top House Judiciary Committee Democrat urges Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito to recuse himself from Trump hush money sentencing after a call between Trump and Alito.

The president-elect called the conservative justice the night before a last-ditch demand to stop his sentencing in New York

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito spoke to President-elect Trump Tuesday to recommend a former law clerk for a job in the new administration, ABC News has learned.

Justice Samuel Alito said he spoke with Donald Trump a day before Trump asked the Supreme Court to delay sentencing in his hush money case.

Donald Trump and Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito spoke over the phone on Tuesday, just hours before his lawyers filed an emergency request with the high court to block his criminal sentencing Friday in New York City.

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito on Wednesday confirmed a call ... The Hill has reached out to the Trump transition team, Levi, the Manhattan district attorney’s office and the New York ...

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Judge Juan Merchan has signaled his intention to sentence Trump to an " unconditional discharge " -- allowing Trump to avoid prison, fines or probation -- out of respect for the principle of presidential immunity, which takes effect on Jan. 20 once Trump becomes president.

Donald Trump's historic sentencing draws mixed reactions as the unprecedented criminal case is expected to see appeal to the Supreme Court.