The Democrat-controlled Senate Judiciary Committee voted—after three previous postponements—to subpoena two private citizens connected to conservative Supreme Court justices as part of a probe of gifts and personal hospitality provided to members of the nation’s highest court.
The roll call vote of 11–10 went along party lines and came at the conclusion of a rancorous two-hour committee business meeting on Nov. 30. Republicans accused Democrats of abusing their power on the committee and of trying to delegitimize the Supreme Court because its current conservative-leaning majority has issued decisions that Democrats don’t like.
