Posted 11/30/2023, 8:55:10 PM
Senate Panel Votes to Subpoena GOP Donors Over Gifts to Supreme Court Justices
- Democrats on Senate Judiciary Committee voted to subpoena Harlan Crow and Leonard Leo over gifts and access provided to Supreme Court justices
- Republicans accused Democrats of partisan attacks and trying to destroy the Supreme Court
- Crow is a GOP donor linked to Justice Thomas; Leo is with the Federalist Society and influential in picking conservative judges
- Democrats say the subpoenas are to inform ethics legislation after reports of luxury trips and gifts from Crow to Thomas
- Earlier this month the Supreme Court adopted a code of conduct for the first time but it lacks enforcement mechanisms