Roberts’ letter represents a striking affront to Congress’ power and a serious escalation by the court toward constitutional confrontation.
report that Justice Clarence Thomas had accepted over 20 years of undisclosed luxury vacations, including private jet and yacht trips, from Republican megadonor Harlan Crow. Roberts’ perfunctory letter marked an unprecedented refusal by a chief justice to appear when called before Congress. It pulls back the curtain on a court that believes it
as everyone else because it is above the law—even though this court has used its power to rein in others.Trump v. Mazars , the landmark case testing Congress’ power to compel production of President Donald Trump’s tax returns and other financial records. The case concerned a subpoena issued by the House Oversight Committee, which sought the documents to inform its investigation into whether Congress should amend its ethics-in-government laws.
resoundingly upheld Congress’ power to compel production of relevant information from the president. Roberts explained that congressional requests for a president’s personal information must be “related to, and in furtherance of, a legitimate task of the Congress,” and warned that courts must perform “careful analysis that takes adequate account of the separation of powers principles at stake.
of Congress regulating and overseeing the court.
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