Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee have abruptly adjourned a meeting without an expected vote on subpoenas for two conservatives who helped arrange luxury travel and other benefits for Supreme Court justices.

Democratic Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island said that Republicans were trying to offer as many as 90 amendments to try to derail the vote. He said that Republicans “jammed the gears of the committee.”

  • @PeleSpirit@lemmy.worldEnglish
    60•1 year ago

    This is about the republicans trying to save the SCOTUS and their bribers from being looked at. That headline is pretty vague and a shitty one.

    The Democrats are planning to subpoena Crow and Leo about their roles in organizing and paying for luxury travel for Supreme Court justices, part of the panel’s investigation into Supreme Court ethics. The committee has also pushed to set an ethics code for the court, a move that has been publicly endorsed by three of the nine justices.

    • spaceghotiOPEnglish
      24•1 year ago

      Oh, I’m aware. But site rules require me to use the original headline without editorializing. Hence the blurb I posted to clarify.