Dick Durbin
Democrats are scheduled to hold a hearing into the court's ethics woes on Tuesday morning.
The letter comes after the chief justice refused to appear to testify as Justices Clarence Thomas and Neil Gorsuch come under fire for disclosure lapses.
The Senate Judiciary Committee chair has asked Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts to testify about Thomas' undisclosed ties to a GOP billionaire.
Republicans are urging Roberts not to accept the Democrats' invitation, arguing that the Supreme Court is able to police itself.
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“We’re not at that point yet,” the Senate Judiciary Committee chairman said of being willing to ditch blue slips in response to Republican obstruction.
Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) also told reporters that the GOP treatment of Jackson was "disgusting."
Sen. Marsha Blackburn took aim at one of President Joe Biden’s Black judicial nominees for his “rap sheet” of old speeding tickets.
The Senate majority whip said the Fox News host "should be ashamed of himself."
The Judiciary Committee chair said GOP senators have disrespected previous Black female nominees, one of whom received death threats afterward.
The GOP senator recommended William Pocan to President Joe Biden, but now may tank his nomination for no real reason.