{"id":2100393,"date":"2023-11-15T23:15:02","date_gmt":"2023-11-16T04:15:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-judiciary-committee-again-postpones-vote-to-subpoena-conservative-donors\/"},"modified":"2023-11-15T23:18:06","modified_gmt":"2023-11-16T04:18:06","slug":"senate-judiciary-committee-again-postpones-vote-to-subpoena-conservative-donors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-judiciary-committee-again-postpones-vote-to-subpoena-conservative-donors\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate Judiciary Committee again postpones vote to subpoena conservative donors"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsenate-judiciary-committee-again-postpones-vote-to-subpoena-conservative-donors%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2100393&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Senate\u200c Judiciary Committee, led by Democrats, has decided to cancel a vote to\u200b subpoena two conservative\u200d judicial advocates as \u2063part of their investigation into Supreme Court\u2062 ethics. This is the second delay in two weeks, and Committee Chairman Dick Durbin has announced that the scheduled\u2063 business meeting will not take place. The\u200c meeting was supposed \u2062to\u200c include a vote on whether to subpoena Leonard Leo,\u200b co-chairman of the Federalist Society, and Harlan Crow, a Republican megadonor known for treating Justice Clarence Thomas to extravagant vacations.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, Senate Judiciary Democrats postponed\u200c the vote to subpoena Crow and Leo due to strong opposition from Republicans on the committee.\u2062 The\u2064 meeting was canceled\u200c because of the Senate vote on the stopgap bill to prevent a government shutdown and the upcoming Thanksgiving break. <\/p>\n<p>The cancellation of the \u2064meeting coincides with the\u200d Supreme Court&#8217;s recent adoption of an ethics code, which comes after months of scrutiny following\u2062 reports on Thomas&#8217;s travels with\u200b Crow. The code also addresses other justices&#8217; potential ethical concerns, such as Justice Samuel Alito&#8217;s\u200d fishing trip and Justice Sonia Sotomayor&#8217;s staff\u200c promoting her books. <\/p>\n<p>While some \u200bRepublicans on the committee have called for a code of ethics, they have not supported Durbin&#8217;s push for an ethics \u200cinvestigation. They accuse \u2063Democrats of being unhappy with recent decisions made by the Republican-appointed majority on the Supreme Court. <\/p>\n<p>Senator Marsha Blackburn, a Republican \u200bcommittee\u2063 member, threatened\u2063 to\u200b add\u2063 amendments to include subpoenas for Sotomayor&#8217;s clerks and her book publisher during the last meeting. The meeting abruptly ended\u200c after Blackburn\u200c accused Democrats of trying to\u200b discredit the court, leading to a delay in the \u2063vote. <\/p>\n<p>Durbin expressed his dissatisfaction\u2064 with the new code of \u200dethics, stating that it lacks enforcement mechanisms.\u200c He believes that the court&#8217;s reputation has been damaged and that\u200b further scrutiny is necessary. The committee plans to continue its efforts to authorize subpoenas in the future, although a new vote date has not been set.<\/p>\n<p>Durbin supports Senator Sheldon Whitehouse&#8217;s SCERT Act, which aims to establish a \u2062mechanism for investigating alleged violations of the code of conduct and other laws, improve transparency, and require public explanations for\u2063 recusals.<\/p>\n[Click here to read more from the Washington Examiner.]  <\/p>\n<h2> How \u200ddoes the decision not to \u2062subpoena individuals like \u2062Leonard Leo and Carrie Severino raise questions about the committee&#8217;s commitment to an unbiased investigation?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Alist Society, \u2062and Carrie Severino, president of\u200c the Judicial Crisis Network. This \u200cdecision by the \u200bSenate \u2063Judiciary Committee has sparked controversy and raised\u200c questions about the committee&#8217;s motives and the integrity of their investigation.<\/p>\n<p>The Senate Judiciary \u2063Committee, \u200cwhich is currently\u200c led by Democrats, plays a crucial role in ensuring the fairness \u2062and \u200dimpartiality of the Supreme Court justices. As part of \u200dtheir responsibilities, the committee is responsible for investigating any\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/haalands-activist-daughter-has-ties-to-cuban-communist-solidarity-group\/\" title=\"Haaland's daughter linked to Cuban communist solidarity group.\">potential ethical\u200d violations<\/a> by justices and holding them accountable. However, the recent decision to cancel a\u200c vote to subpoena two conservative judicial \u200dadvocates has cast doubt on \u200cthe committee&#8217;s commitment\u2063 to\u2062 a fair investigation.<\/p>\n<p>This is not the \u2064first time the committee\u200c has faced delays \u200din their investigation. Just two weeks ago, a vote on the same issue was postponed without a clear explanation. These repeated delays have raised \u2064concerns among conservatives who worry \u200dthat \u2064there may be a hidden\u200c agenda behind the committee&#8217;s actions.<\/p>\n<p>Committee Chairman Dick\u200d Durbin&#8217;s announcement that \u2063the scheduled business meeting will not take place has\u2062 only fueled speculation and further deepened suspicions. The meeting was supposed to include a\u200c vote\u200b on \u2064whether to\u2062 subpoena Leonard Leo, co-chairman\u2064 of the Federalist Society,\u200b and Carrie Severino, president of the Judicial Crisis Network. Both \u200dLeo and Severino have been vocal advocates for \u200dconservative \u200bjudicial \u2064nominees and have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/georgetown-donates-1-million-to-racial-reparations-org\/\" title=\"Georgetown Donates  Million To Racial Reparations Org\">played significant roles<\/a> in \u2062shaping the current Supreme Court.<\/p>\n<p>The decision not to \u2064subpoena these individuals raises questions about the committee&#8217;s commitment to an unbiased \u2064investigation. Critics argue\u2062 that\u2062 by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-judiciary-committee-again-postpones-vote-to-subpoena-conservative-donors\/\" title=\"Senate Judiciary Committee again postpones vote to subpoena conservative donors\">intentionally targeting conservative voices<\/a>, the Democrats are attempting to taint the Supreme Court&#8217;s\u2062 reputation and undermine its legitimacy.<\/p>\n<p>The Supreme Court\u2063 is a vital institution that should remain independent\u200c and free from \u200cpolitical interference. The\u200b Senate Judiciary Committee&#8217;s investigation into ethics should be conducted with the utmost transparency, fairness, and \u200cintegrity. By canceling the \u2062vote\u200c to subpoena the conservative judicial advocates, the committee has raised doubts about these essential principles.<\/p>\n<p>It is crucial that the committee provides a clear explanation for its actions and addresses the concerns \u2062raised by\u200b conservatives. The American public deserves to know that\u200b investigations into Supreme\u200d Court ethics are\u2063 carried out impartially and \u2063without any political biases.<\/p>\n<p>Moving forward, the Senate Judiciary\u2063 Committee must restore\u2063 trust by demonstrating a genuine\u200b commitment to \u2063fairness and impartiality. This can be achieved by rescheduling the \u200cvote to subpoena Leonard Leo and Carrie Severino, thereby allowing the investigation to proceed without any appearance of favoritism towards \u200cone side of the political spectrum.<\/p>\n<p>The integrity \u200cof the Supreme Court\u200d and its place \u2064in American democracy cannot be\u2062 compromised. The \u2063Senate \u2062Judiciary Committee, as the guardian of ethics in the \u200djudicial system, must\u200c prioritize its duty to provide an impartial investigation\u200c into any <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/signs-of-misconduct-by-biden-family-but-more-evidence-needed-to-impeach-president-gop-witnesses\/\" title=\"GOP witnesses acknowledge signs of misconduct by the Biden family, but insist on further evidence before considering impeachment of the President.\">potential ethical violations<\/a>. Only by doing so\u2063 can the committee\u2064 help restore confidence \u2062in the integrity \u200band fairness of the Supreme Court. The American people\u2063 deserve nothing less.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Democratic-led Senate Judiciary Committee canceled a planned vote to subpoena a pair of conservative judicial advocates as part of its Supreme Court ethics investigation Wednesday evening, marking the second delay in two weeks. Committee Chairman Dick Durbin (D-IL) said the panel would not hold its scheduled business meeting Thursday morning, according to the committee&#8217;s<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2100394,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2100393","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2100393","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2100393"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2100393\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2100394"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2100393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2100393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2100393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}