Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Richard J. Durbin (D-Ill.) on Thursday invited Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. to testify at a public Senate hearing next month on ethics rules governing the Supreme Court.
Allegations from congressional Democrats that Thomas probably violated federal ethics laws in his dealings with Crow have been sent to aresponsible for “addressing allegations of errors or omissions in the filing of financial disclosure reports,” a top judicial official said Tuesday.
In his letter, Durbin said there is “ample precedent” for sitting Supreme Court justices to testify before Congress, including on ethics. He said the committee, for example, heard “robust exchanges about the Court’s approach to ethics matters” from sitting justices in October 2011. In 2019 testimony, Justice Elena Kagan told a congressional committee that Roberts was “seriously” considering whether the court should have its own ethics code. The Postand apply to all federal judges now require Supreme Court justices to provide a fuller public accounting of free trips, meals and other gifts they accept from corporations or other organizations.
“The Judiciary’s power to manage its internal affairs insulates courts from inappropriate political influence and is crucial to preserving public trust in its work as a separate and co-equal branch of government,” Roberts wrote in a
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