Some have urged Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), who chairs the Senate Judiciary Committee, to use more hardball tactics, like subpoenaing Alito to testify. “Quite honestly, subpoenaing a Supreme Court justice is not in the cards,” he told HuffPost. In the committee, it would take either a bipartisan vote or a majority vote to subpoena Alito. “That’s the best we can do.”Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) says a Senate Judiciary Committee subpoena of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito is "not going to happen" despite multiple controversies and apparent ethical breaches. AdvertisementSenate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) signaled Wednesday that Democrats aren’t done trying to hold Supreme Court justices accountable.

Source: Huffington Post June 16, 2024 00:28 UTC