The U.S. Supreme Court’s chief justice should testify under oath to Congress on ethical issues, a top Democrat said on April 20.
Senate Judiciary Chairman Richard Durbin (D-Ill.) said that Chief Justice John Roberts should testify at a May 2 public hearing “regarding the ethical rules that govern the Justices of the Supreme Court and potential reforms to those rules” in a letter to the justice that was later published on Twitter.
If Roberts accepts the invitation, the justice “would not be expected to answer questions from senators regarding any other matters,” Durbin said.
No sitting justices have testified before the panel since 2011. Since then, the nation’s top court has failed to address justices “falling short of the ethical standards expected of other federal judges,” Durbin said….