Senate Democrats said Monday they plan to subpoena Republican megadonor Harlan Crow and conservative activist Leonard Leo for more information about their roles in organizing and paying for luxury travel for Supreme Court justices.
The announcement by Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee comes as the court is being pressed to adopt an ethics code, a move that has been publicly endorsed by three of the nine justices.
The committee could act as soon as next week to authorize Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., the panel’s chairman, to issue subpoenas to Crow, Leo and another wealthy donor, Robin Arkley II.
Crow has been identified as a benefactor of Justice Clarence Thomas for more than two decades, paying for nearly annual vacations, purchasing from Thomas and others the Georgia home in which the justice’s mother still lives and helping pay for the private schooling for a relative.
Oh, my sweet Summer child. These men will never testify, they’re Republicans after all. Subpoenas are for the poor who can’t afford lawyers to fight them.
Republicans get out of any and all Congressional subpoenas by invoking the magic words “not a valid legislative purpose”.
Did you take this trip purchased by funds tied to your name?
“I do not recall”
This is such a douchey fucking phrase, certainly you can find a less obnoxious way to condescend.
Bless your heart.