11/30/2023

Senate Democrats Expected to Vote on Supreme Court Ethics Subpoenas

They could issue subpoenas for two wealthy conservative donors

On Thursday, Senate Democrats are expected to vote on authorizing subpoenas to a pair of influential conservatives with ties to the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) as part of an ethics inquiry spurred by reports of undisclosed largesse directed to some conservative justices.

The Democratic-led Senate Judiciary Committee has scheduled a hearing to consider subpoenas for billionaire Republican donor Harlan Crow, a benefactor of conservative Justice Clarence Thomas, and conservative legal activist Leonard Leo, who was instrumental in compiling Republican former President Donald Trump's list of potential Supreme Court nominees.

The panel's meeting comes after the nation's top judicial body on Nov. 13 adopted a new code of conduct that some of the panel's Democrats complained lacked any enforcement mechanism.

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