Vox: What can Democrats actually do about Thomas’s and Alito’s corruption?
This excerpt is from a piece that originally ran on June 17, 2024.
On June 10, a broad range of left-leaning advocacy groups wrote to members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, calling on those senators to “use the full power of the Senate Judiciary Committee to investigate and respond swiftly to these newest developments in the ongoing ethics crisis at the U.S. Supreme Court.”
The letter is signed by a broad cross-section of liberal organizations that frequently ally with Democrats: the AFL-CIO and several major unions; civil rights organizations like the NAACP and the Human Rights Campaign; and groups like the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights and the Alliance for Justice that focus on judicial appointments. It appears to be authored by the Leadership Conference.
As chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Durbin certainly could call for hearings investigating Thomas and Alito, but it’s not entirely clear what such a hearing could accomplish.