https://youtu.be/J-aHH3bdCds?si=v94-IZ0B4KlIeg2s
MARSHA BLACKBURN IS MAGNIFICENT!! throwing POSSIBLE subpoenas all over the place! Durbin seems to have backed down?
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Posted on 11/09/2023 3:10:16 PM PST by bitt
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee abruptly adjourned a meeting on Thursday without holding an expected vote on subpoenas for two conservatives who have helped arrange luxury travel and other benefits for Supreme Court justices.
The panel’s Democratic chairman, Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin, gaveled out after Republicans on the committee made clear they would call for subpoena votes on a raft of Democratic officials and others, a protest of the planned subpoenas for Republican megadonor Harlan Crow and conservative activist Leonard Leo. South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham, the top Republican on the panel, warned majority Democrats that the hearing would be contentious.
Jammed with amendments and the possibility of hours of debate, Durbin gaveled out. He said in a statement after the meeting that there were “scheduling issues” but that they would try again.
“We will continue our efforts to authorize subpoenas in the near future,” Durbin said. “The highest court in the land cannot have the lowest ethical standards.”
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Durbin said. “The highest court in the land cannot have the lowest ethical standards.”
I don’t think it’s remotely possible for any government body to have lower ethical standards than the federal legislature, where almost everyone enters with some normal net worth and then leaves as a multi-millionaire.
https://youtu.be/J-aHH3bdCds?si=v94-IZ0B4KlIeg2s
MARSHA BLACKBURN IS MAGNIFICENT!! throwing POSSIBLE subpoenas all over the place! Durbin seems to have backed down?
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IIRC the Senate has exempted itself from many of the normal ethics rules that govern other Federal employees and most Americans.
DURBIN IS A COMPLETE JOKE.
separation of powers
My understanding is that those subpoenas are not only possible, but in effect. Sotomayor included.
Durbin said. “The highest court in the land cannot have the lowest ethical standards.
Translation: We want only crooked democrats in it.
Dick Durbin before he dicks you!
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