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Republicans are rallying to defend Justice Clarence Thomas against a barrage of ethics allegations, saying they are a poorly veiled attempt to delegitimize the Supreme Court and silence a prominent Black conservative.
Republican senators tore into a push by Democrats Tuesday for new ethics standards for the Supreme Court, saying it was a political assault aimed at delegitimizing the conservative-leaning Roberts court.
Senate Democrats on the Judiciary Committee are pushing back against Supreme Court Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr.'s decision not to testify next week during a hearing on ethics for the high court.
Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. rejected an invitation by Senate Democrats to testify about the high court's ethics next week. In a six-page letter, he said chief justice testimony is exceedingly rare.
With revelations that Thomas secretly accepted gifts from a conservative billionaire for decades, Illinois Senator Dick Durbin has called on Chief Justice John Roberts to investigate misconduct in the court.