Senate Judiciary Chair Richard J. Durbin took the exceedingly rare step Thursday of inviting Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. to testify about Supreme Court ethics rules at a hearing set for next month.
In a letter, Durbin said Roberts, or any other justice the chief justice selects, can appear before the panel on May 2 about “the ethical rules that govern the Justices of the Supreme Court and potential reforms to those rules.”
“The time has come for a new public conversation on ways to restore confidence in the Court’s ethical standards. I invite you to join it,” the Illinois Democrat wrote.
