Democrats to subpoena billionaires involved in Alito, Thomas vacations
By Ray Bogan (Political Correspondent)
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Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee plan to subpoena Harlan Crow, Leonard Leo and Robin Arkley. Members want to compel the three of them to provide more information about the travel and accommodations they provided to Supreme Court justices.
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Reporting from Pro-Publica revealed Crow provided Justice Clarence Thomas with vacations valued at hundreds of thousands of dollars, bought his mother’s house and paid a family member’s tuition. Arkley let Justice Samuel Alito stay at his fishing lodge in Alaska free of charge. Leonard Leo helped organize multiple trips and events that justices attended.
“This vote is the next step in the Committee’s ongoing investigation on the ethics of the Supreme Court. It comes only after Mr. Crow refused to comply with Committee requests, and Mr. Leo and Arkley outright stonewalled the Committee in the exercise of our constitutional authority,” Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., said.
Durbin and other Democratic members of the committee have been in contact with Crow, Leo and Arkley. They wrote a letter to Arkley and Leo in July and again in October, but they did not receive the information they were looking for. In May, Crow said in a letter that he did not believe the committee had the authority to investigate his personal friendship with Justice Thomas.
Senate Democrats are trying to pass the Supreme Court Ethics, Recusal, and Transparency Act. The legislation would require the high court to create a stricter code of conduct, increase reporting requirements for when a justice has a connection with someone involved in a case, and it would require public explanations for recusal decisions.
“Unlike employees of the executive and legislative branches, virtually all of them, unlike Members of Congress and all other federal justices, the nine Supreme Court justices alone decide for themselves what conduct is and is not appropriate,” Durbin said in a statement.
Republicans have called for a stronger ethics code, but also said the Senate should not tell a separate but equal branch of government how to conduct its business.
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“This is about the confidence of the American people. And that’s why I think the Supreme Court should look at it, all nine of them. This is not just a job that the chief justice can get done on his own,” Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., told SAN in July when The Associated Press reported that Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s government-paid staff called colleges about buying her book.
There are 11 Democrats on the committee and 10 Republicans, so a party line vote would be enough to approve the subpoenas.
Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee plan to subpoena Harlan Crow, Leonard Leo, and Robin Arkley, to compel them to provide more information about the travel and accommodations they provided to Supreme Court Justices.
Reporting from Pro-Publica revealed Crow provided Justice Clarence Thomas with vacations valued at hundreds of thousands of dollars, bought his mother’s house and paid a family member’s tuition. Robin Arkley let Justice Samuel Alito stay at his fishing lodge in Alaska free of charge. Leonord Leo helped organize multiple trips and events that justices attended.
“This vote is the next step in the Committee’s ongoing investigation on the ethics of the Supreme Court. It comes only after Mr. Crow refused to comply with Committee requests, and Mr. Leo and Arkley outright stonewalled the Committee in the exercise of our constitutional authority,” Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., said.
Senate Democrats are trying to pass the Supreme Court Ethics, Recusal, and Transparency Act which would the high court to create a stricter code of conduct, increase reporting requirements for when a justice has a connection with someone involved in the case, and require public explanations for recusal decisions.
Republicans have called for a stronger ethics code, but also expressed concern that the Senate should not tell a separate and equal branch of government how to conduct its business.
“This is this is about the confidence of the American people. And that’s why I think the Supreme Court should look at it, all nine of them. This is not just a job that the chief justice can get done on his own,” Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., told SAN in July when the AP reported that Justice Sotoymayor’s government paid staff called colleges about buying her book.
There are 11 democrats on the committee and 10 Republicans. So a party line vote would just be enough to approve the subpoenas. Straight from DC, I’m Ray Bogan.
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Senate Democrats Want To Subpoena Harlan Crow Over Ties To Clarence Thomas
Click to see story on HuffPostSenate Democrats finally move toward subpoenas for Harlan Crow and Leonard Leo
Click to see story on MSNBCSenate Judiciary seeks to subpoena Crow, Leo, Arkley – National Zero
Click to see story on National ZeroDemocrats plan to subpoena Leonard Leo over perks to supreme court justices
Click to see story on The GuardianSenate Democrats plan to subpoena Harlan Crow and Leonard Leo over Supreme Court justices’ travel
Click to see story on Associated Press NewsSenate Judiciary to schedule vote authorizing subpoenas in SCOTUS ethics investigation
Click to see story on CNNDemocrats plan to subpoena wealthy benefactors of Supreme Court justices
Click to see story on The Washington PostSenate Judiciary Committee to vote to authorize subpoenas to Harlan Crow, Leonard Leo as part of Supreme Court ethics probe
Click to see story on CBS NewsSenate Democrats plan to subpoena influential Republicans over gifts to Supreme Court justices
Click to see story on NBC NewsLeonard Leo, Harlan Crow could be subpoenaed over Supreme Court justices’ travel
Click to see story on Bangor Daily NewsSenate Democrats to subpoena Republican megadonor Harlan Crow over Supreme Court justices’ luxury travel
Click to see story on PBS NewsHourSenate Democrats plan to subpoena Harlan Crow, Leonard Leo over Supreme Court justices’ travel
Click to see story on News & RecordSenate Democrats plan to subpoena GOP megadonor over Supreme Court justices’ travel
Click to see story on NBC WashingtonSenate Democrats Plan To Subpoena Harlan Crow and Leonard Leo Over Supreme Court Justices’ Travel
Click to see story on NowThisSenate Judiciary to schedule vote authorizing subpoenas in SCOTUS ethics investigation
Click to see story on KRDOSenate Judiciary to schedule vote authorizing subpoenas in SCOTUS ethics investigation
Click to see story on KIFISenate Judiciary Committee to vote on subpoenas for Harlan Crow, Leonard Leo, Robin Arkley II
Click to see story on The HillSenate Democrats plan to subpoena Harlan Crow and Leonard Leo over Supreme Court justices’ travel
Click to see story on KVIASenate Democrats plan to subpoena Harlan Crow and Leonard Leo over Supreme Court justices’ travel
Click to see story on Winnipeg Free PressSenate Democrats plan to subpoena Harlan Crow and Leonard Leo over Supreme Court justices’ travel
Click to see story on News 4 JAXSenate Democrats plan to subpoena Harlan Crow and Leonard Leo over Supreme Court justices’ travel
Click to see story on WPLGSenate Democrats plan to subpoena Harlan Crow and Leonard Leo over Supreme Court justices’ travel
Click to see story on Click on DetroitSenate Democrats plan to subpoena Harlan Crow and Leonard Leo over Supreme Court justices’ travel
Click to see story on Washington Top NewsSenate Democrats to subpoena Harlan Crow, Leonard Leo over Supreme Court justices’ travel
Click to see story on Portland Press HeraldSenate Democrats Escalate Probe Into Supreme Court
Click to see story on Political WireSenate Democrats plan to subpoena Harlan Crow and Leonard Leo over Supreme Court justices’ travel
Click to see story on San Diego Union TribuneSenate Democrats plan to subpoena Harlan Crow, Leonard Leo over Supreme Court justices’ travel
Click to see story on The Billings GazetteSenate Democrats plan to subpoena Harlan Crow, Leonard Leo over Supreme Court justices’ travel
Click to see story on Lincoln Journal StarSenate Democrats plan to subpoena Harlan Crow, Leonard Leo over Supreme Court justices’ travel
Click to see story on Helena Independent RecordSenate Democrats plan to subpoena Harlan Crow, Leonard Leo over Supreme Court justices’ travel
Click to see story on MissoulianSenate Judiciary Committee set to subpoena Harlan Crow over gifts to Clarence Thomas
Click to see story on Dallas NewsSenate Judiciary to schedule vote authorizing subpoenas in SCOTUS ethics investigation
Click to see story on KWWLJustice Clarence Thomas’ billionaire benefactor Harlan Crow will be hauled in front of Senate Democrats over undisclosed travel gifts
Click to see story on FortuneSenate Democrats plan to subpoena Harlan Crow and Leonard Leo over Supreme Court justices’ travel
Click to see story on KOB 4Senate Dems to subpoena Crow, Leo over Supreme Court justices’ travel
Click to see story on NY1Senate Democrats plan to subpoena Harlan Crow and Leonard Leo over Supreme Court justices’ travel
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Click to see story on Rapid City Journal Media GroupSenate Democrats plan to subpoena Harlan Crow and Leonard Leo over Supreme Court justices’ travel
Click to see story on WSPASenate Democrats plan to subpoena Harlan Crow, Leonard Leo over Supreme Court justices’ travel
Click to see story on Denison Bulletin & Review – DBRNews.comDurbin, Whitehouse Announce Vote To Authorize Subpoenas For Crow, Leo, And Arkley Related To Supreme Court Ethics Reform In Judiciary Committee
Click to see story on RiverBender.comSenators plan to subpoena Crow, Leo over justices’ travel – Minnesota Lawyer
Click to see story on minnlawyer.comSenate Democrats likely to subpoena Clarence Thomas allies in push for ethics code on Supreme Court
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