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Senate Democrats on the Judiciary Committee are asking Supreme Court Justice John G. Roberts Jr. to come testify before the panel about Supreme Court ethics.
Sen. Richard Durbin, Illinois Democrat, sent a letter to Justice Roberts on Thursday, asking him — or another justice he designates — to join in the discussion.
The letter notes a justice hasn’t testified on the subject since October 2011.
“Your last significant discussion of how Supreme Court justices address ethical issues was presented in your 2011 Year-End Report on the Federal Judiciary. Since then, there has been a steady stream of revelations regarding justices falling short of the ethical standards expected of other federal judges and, indeed, of public servants generally,” Mr. Durbin said in his letter.
“These problems were already apparent back in 2011, and the court’s decadelong failure to address them has contributed to a crisis of public confidence.
