05/02/2023

Senate Panel to Examine SCOTUS Ethics as Questions Swirl

None of the nine justices will appear at the Judiciary Committee hearing

Ethics concerns relating to Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) justices are set to be scrutinized on Tuesday by a Senate panel during a hearing called amid revelations about luxury trips and real estate transactions involving members of the nation's top judicial body.

None of the nine justices will appear at the Judiciary Committee hearing, with Chief Justice John Roberts on Friday declining an invitation by Senator Dick Durbin, the panel's Democratic chairman, for him to testify. Instead, the committee will hear from lawyers and academics versed in the subject.

"Supreme Court ethics reform must happen whether the court participates in the process or not," Durbin said in a statement responding to the decision by Roberts not to appear. "It is time for Congress to accept its responsibility to establish an enforceable code of ethics for the Supreme Court, the only agency of our government without it."

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