Senate Democrats are moving to subpoena Harlan Crow, a GOP mega-donor and close friend to Justice Clarence Thomas, along with other conservative allies as part of their push to impose an ethics code on the Supreme Court.
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Dick Durbin is calling on Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to recuse himself from a major case dealing with administrative law and the reach of executive agencies that is scheduled to be heard this term, which begins in October.
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse filed a formal complaint against Supreme Court Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. this week, suggesting he ran afoul of judicial ethics by criticizing Mr. Whitehouse's legislation, which would impose a code of ethics on the high court.
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas disclosed in a filing this week that he took three trips paid for by GOP megadonor Harlan Crow after critics dinged him for not being upfront about his friendship and travel with the billionaire real estate mogul.