Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee are urging Chief Justice John Roberts to open an investigation into luxury trips Justice Clarence Thomas accepted from a GOP megadonor over the years and did not disclose to the public.
Thomas responds to criticism over luxury trips
The senators said the committee will hold a hearing in the coming days about the"need to restore confidence in the Supreme Court's ethical standards" and warned they would consider legislative action if the Supreme Court does not act unilaterally. Legislation introduced in both chambers of Congress would, if passed, require the Judicial Conference to create a code of ethical conduct for Supreme Court justices and federal judges.
Thomas said that he consulted with his"colleagues and others in the judiciary" early in his tenure at the Supreme Court and"was advised that this sort of personal hospitality from close personal friends, who did not have business before the Court, was not reportable."
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