Senate Panel Delays Subpoena Vote for Leo and Crow in Supreme Court Ethics Probe

The Senate Judiciary Committee has postponed a vote to subpoena Leonard Leo, a conservative judicial activist, and Harlan Crow, a Republican megadonor, as part of its ethics investigation into the Supreme Court. The committee's Democratic majority argues that the subpoenas are necessary to understand the full scope of the court's ethical crisis, while Republicans accuse Democrats of playing politics and attempting to delegitimize the high court. The investigation stems from a report that Justice Clarence Thomas had accepted gifts from Crow without disclosing them on his financial disclosures. The committee may reschedule the vote for next week.