Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts on Tuesday declined an invite to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee on court ethics in the wake of reports of Justice Clarence Thomas’ close frie…
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin’s invitation, Roberts noted that chief justices of the high court have only testified before the Senate twice in the past 102 years.“Testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee by the Chief Justice of the United States is exceedingly rare as one might expect in light of separation of powers concerns and the importance of preserving judicial independence,” he added.
“No President has ever testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee, and only three Presidents have testified before any Congressional committee,” Roberts wrote. “I am surprised that the Chief Justice’s recounting of existing legal standards of ethics suggests current law is adequate and ignores the obvious. The actions of one Justice, including trips on yachts and private jets, were not reported to the public. That same Justice failed to disclose the sale of properties he partly owned to a party with interests before the Supreme Court,” Durbin said Tuesday.
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