"Senate Invites Chief Justice Roberts to Testify on Supreme Court Ethics"

Sen. Dick Durbin, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, has invited Chief Justice John Roberts to testify at a hearing about Supreme Court ethics. The invitation comes after reports revealing close ties between Justice Clarence Thomas and wealthy GOP donor Harlan Crow, including real estate Thomas and his family sold to Crow and extensive travel by Thomas that Crow facilitated or paid for. Durbin noted that the last time the Judiciary Committee heard from sitting justices on ethics was in 2011 and that the Court's decade-long failure to address ethical issues has contributed to a crisis of public confidence.