The Democrat-led Senate Judiciary Committee is seeking more information on the extent of billionaire Harlan Crow's gifts to Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas.
Harlan Crow, chairman and chief executive officer of Crow Holdings LLC, sits for a photograph at the Old Parkland estate offices in Dallas, Texas, Oct. 2, 2015.The Democrat-led Senate Judiciary Committee is seeking more information on the extent of billionaire Harlan Crow's gifts to Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas.
"As part of the Senate Judiciary Committee's ongoing efforts to craft legislation strengthening the ethical rules and standards that apply to the Justices of the Supreme Court, we request that you provide the Committee with certain information by May 22, 2023," aThe lawmakers also sent letters to the holding companies of Crow's jet and yacht as well as to Topridge Camp -- his private resort in the Adirondacks -- seeking more information on any gifts to Thomas or any other...
Sen. Dick Durbin, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, leads a hearing in response to recent criticism of the ethical practices of some justices of the Supreme Court, at the Capitol in Washington, D.C., May 2, 2023.The letters follow a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing last week in which legal experts testified on whether Congress has the authority to require the high court to adopt an enforceable code of conduct.
"This is not about judicial ethics," Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, said during the hearing. "This is not about rules that should apply to judges across the board. We could have a reasonable discussion about that. This is about applying a double standard to Clarence Thomas, and only Clarence Thomas."
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