Democrats increasingly violate democratic norms when it suits their political interests. Such an episode was on full display in the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday when Chairman Dick Durbin (D-IL) rammed through subpoenas of private citizens whose only offense was being friends with conservative members of the Supreme Court.
Not only did Durbin block Republican amendments to the subpoena resolutions, but he also didn’t allow them to speak. All but one Republican, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), then walked out of the meeting, denying Durbin the quorum needed to conduct business. He held the vote anyway.
GEORGE SANTOS EXPELLED FROM HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Ostensibly, the subpoenas issued to Justice Clarence Thomas’s friend Harlan Crow and Justice Samuel Alito’s friend Leonard Leo seeking 25 years’ worth of private information are needed by the Senate to help write ethics…
