"Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin is ramping up his attacks on the Supreme Court and plans to subpoena long time friends and allies of conservative Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito under the guise of "ethics reform." So far he has no intention of issuing subpoenas to friends or associates of liberal Supreme Court justices after acceptance of gifts or special treatment from institutions.
"Senate Judiciary Committee leaders said they would vote as soon as Nov. 9 to authorize subpoenas for information from Texas billionaire Harlan Crow, a close friend and benefactor of Justice Clarence Thomas, and from Leonard Leo, the conservative judicial activist. Senate Democrats do not need the vote of any Republican on the committee to authorize the subpoenas. No separate vote by the full Senate is necessary," the Washington Post reports.
"As reported, one of those longtime associates includes constitutional scholar Leonard Leo. Leo is a key activist who has helped solidify the conservative majority on the Supreme Court through his work as chairman of the Federalist Society. He is rejecting the probe as unconstitutional and un-American.
" 'I will not bow to the vile and disgusting liberal McCarthyism, that seeks to destroy the Supreme Court simply because it follows the constitution rather than their political agenda," Leo released in a statement referring a letter he sent to Durbin on October 19 by his attorney, which was ignored." . . .
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