Chief Justice John Roberts has declined a request from the Senate Judiciary Committee to testify at a hearing next week on ethical standards at the court, instead providing the panel with a statement of ethics reaffirmed by the court s justices.
Democrats continued to press Chief Justice John Roberts for answers on ethical standards Thursday, days after the justices issued a rare unanimous statement.
Amid concerns prompted by reports of Justice Clarence Thomas receiving expensive gifts, Roberts gives the Senate Judiciary Committee an ethics statement from all nine justices.