Sen. Dick Durbin, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, pledged unspecified action on Supreme Court ethics rules.
WASHINGTON—The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee promised to take action on strengthening Supreme Court ethics rules, responding to a report that Justice Clarence Thomas accepted lavish vacations and private-jet travel paid for by a billionaire friend.
“The highest court in the land shouldn’t have the lowest ethical standards,” said Sen. Dick Durbin (D., Ill.), adding that the committee would take unspecified action in response. Mr. Durbin’s office didn’t immediately respond to questions about what steps the committee might take.
Justice Clarence Thomas’s Vacations Prompt Calls for Stronger Supreme Court Ethics Rules
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