Republicans Say Democrats Seeking Subpoenas in Supreme Court Ethics Probe Have Ulterior Motive

Democrats saying subpoenas are necessary in SCOTUS ethics probe because prospective witnesses are refusing to cooperate with the Senate Judiciary Committee.

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) speaks during the Senate Committee on Appropriations hearing on the 2022 budget for the Defense Department, on Capitol Hill in Washington on June 17, 2021. Evelyn Hockstein/Pool/AFP via Getty Images

Republican members of the Democrat-controlled Senate Judiciary Committee pushed back against the majority’s efforts to subpoena private citizens connected to conservative Supreme Court justices.

The committee is conducting an investigation as it promotes Democrat-backed legislation that would impose a code of ethics on the high court. Republicans say the legislation is unconstitutional.