Supreme Court Ethics Debate Rages On

Chief Justice John Roberts is struggling to remain neutral amid the partisan warfare and plummeting public confidence in the Supreme Court. Democrats vow to intervene in the court's recent ethics controversies, while Republicans portray the push as an attempt to smear Justice Clarence Thomas and the court's other conservatives. Roberts's refusal to appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday left Democrats pulling no punches as they asserted the justices cannot be trusted to police their ethics. The debacle has left Roberts grappling with how to remain neutral amid the partisan warfare and cratering public confidence in the high court.