


“The ProPublica report is a call to action, and the Senate Judiciary Committee will act,” Durbin said. Dick Durbin, who chairs the Senate Judiciary Committee - influential for its role in vetting and confirming Supreme Court nominees - said his panel is calling for an “enforceable code of conduct” for justices.

Influential Democratic lawmakers have called for immediate investigations and vowed to create stricter ethics rules following a ProPublica report that revealed Justice Clarence Thomas has, for decades, failed to disclose luxury trips he received from a real estate magnate and conservative megadonor.
