Chief Justice Roberts Asked to Testify to Senate on Supreme Court Ethics
- Durbin asks Roberts to come after reports about Thomas’ travel
- Judiciary panel seeks to jump-start push for code of conduct
Clarence Thomas and John Roberts.
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Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Dick Durbin asked Chief Justice John Roberts to testify on Supreme Court ethics reform, following a report that Justice Clarence Thomas accepted unreported luxury travel from a Republican billionaire.
In a letter to Roberts, Durbin asked him to appear before the committee or choose another justice to testify in his place on May 2, arguing that there’s “ample precedent” for sitting Supreme Court justices to appear before Congress, including to testify about ethics.