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.
Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. rebuffed a request by Senate Democrats to recuse himself in a case after he told a reporter that ethics legislation for the high court would be unconstitutional.
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.