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The Senate Judiciary Committee voted Thursday to subpoena allies of conservative Supreme Court justices in a contentious meeting where the Democratic majority at one point did not allow Republican senators to speak.
The Supreme Court on Monday issued a formal code of conduct for itself, after months of criticism from liberal advocates targeting some of the conservative members of the bench and accusing them of unprofessional relationships with billionaires.
Senate Judiciary Committee Democrats moved forward Thursday with plans to subpoena influential conservatives linked to Supreme Court justices in their quest to pass legislation imposing a code of ethics on the high court.
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.