Senate asks chief justice to testify in escalation of Thomas scrutiny
The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday requested testimony from Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts about ethical standards on the nation's highest court.
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Driving the news: In a letter to Roberts, Judiciary Chair Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) asked the chief justice to appear at a public hearing on May 2 "regarding the ethical rules that govern the Justices of the Supreme Court and potential reforms to those rules."
Durbin offered to limit the scope of the testimony to just those topics and said Roberts "would not be expected to answer questions from Senators regarding any other matters" – potentially referring to questions about Thomas.
Durbin also said Roberts could designate another justice to testify in his place.
"There is ample precedent for sitting Justices of the Supreme Court to testify before Congress, including regarding ethics," he wrote, pointing to testimony from Antonin Scalia and Stephen Breyer in 2011.
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Looks to me to be the start of imposing ethics on an unethical court... I hope it is.
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