Chief Justice Roberts’ refusal to participate highlights the arrogance of his apparent thinking — that he shouldn’t have to explain to the public why his court doesn’t play by the same rules as lower courts. (via Deadline: Legal Blog)
, justices have testified to Congress nearly 100 times since 1960. And when he extended the invitation ahead of the hearing, Durbin offered Roberts the opportunity to send another justice in the chief’s stead, which wouldn’t have offended Roberts’ feigned concern about chiefs in particular being subject to congressional oversight.
To be sure, there are legitimate questions about how best to enforce an ethics code against the justices who sit atop the judiciary. But Roberts’ refusal to participate in the process of hashing that out only serves to highlight the arrogance of his apparent thinking — that he shouldn’t even have to explain to the public why his court doesn’t play by the same rules as lower court judges, who are bound by a code of conduct.
Amid Tuesday’s testimony and typical senatorial grandstanding, that arrogance and absence spoke louder than anything.
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