Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. has declined an invitation to testify at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing next week on ethics rules for the Supreme Court.
Chair Richard J. Durbin, D-Ill., had invited Roberts to testify at the May 2 hearing, as congressional Democrats respond to reports that Justice Clarence Thomas did not disclose luxury trips and a real estate transaction with a billionaire GOP donor.
Roberts responded in a one-page letter Tuesday that said he “must respectfully decline your invitation.”
