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Roll Call reports:
Advocacy groups have urged the Senate Judiciary Committee to call Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to testify about his relationship with a billionaire GOP donor, a move experts say would escalate conflict between two branches of government and could lead to a separation-of-powers showdown.
Senate Judiciary Chair Richard J. Durbin of Illinois and other Democrats on the committee instead have put the onus on the Supreme Court to address the conduct at the center of two ProPublica reports that Thomas did not disclose luxury trips or a real estate transaction with Harlan Crow.
And Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., who already had proposed a bill that would address Supreme Court ethics and transparency, said the U.S. Judicial Conference should refer Thomas to the Justice Department for potential violations of ethics laws.
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What would happen if Congress calls Justice Clarence Thomas to testify? https://t.co/rASwd9sKy4
— Roll Call (@rollcall) April 14, 2023
Astonishing. As @JudiciaryDems wrote, the Chief Justice must investigate how such conduct could take place at the Court under his watch. And if the Court does not fix these clear abuses, Congress must. https://t.co/DQCP6Lylnm
— Senator Dick Durbin (@SenatorDurbin) April 13, 2023
The Supreme Court hands down life-altering decisions on everything from access to reproductive care to access to the ballot box—and they operate with NO restrictions on their conflicts of interest. The result? Unthinkable corruption. https://t.co/uC2y90uWt5
— Senator Jeff Merkley (@SenJeffMerkley) April 11, 2023
The Court’s legitimacy & Roberts’ legacy will be forever stained unless he meets this moral challenge. Missing this moment to adopt a code of ethics, as I’ve repeatedly urged, would be a historic blunder. I hope he heeds our call.
https://t.co/NgD8WT0A0T— Richard Blumenthal (@SenBlumenthal) April 11, 2023