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The chair of the Senate Judiciary committee has invited Chief Justice John Roberts to testify at a hearing next month focused on the ethical rules governing the Supreme Court as well as potential changes to those guidelines.
Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill. said in a letter to Roberts on Thursday that recent reports found the justices are «falling short» of the ethical standards they and other public servants are supposed to follow.
«The status quo is no longer tenable,» Durbin wrote.
The call for Roberts’ testimony comes at a turbulent time for the court and its members. Concerns surrounding the lifetime appointees involve Justice Clarence Thomas, who, according to an investigation by ProPublica, failed to disclose 20 years of luxury trips with billionaire and Republican donor Harlan Crow.
ProPublica found that Thomas joined Crow on lavish getaways on the Dallas businessman’s private jet and yacht, including a 2019 holiday worth $500,000.
