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.
Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett said the high court justices are civil to one another and leave their heated disagreements to the cases and written opinions.
Senate Democrats backed down Thursday from subpoenaing conservatives in a probe of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas after Republicans threatened subpoenas in scandals linked to prominent liberals such as George Soros.
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.