Two Democratic lawmakers asked Chief Justice John Roberts to provide more information about reported conflicts within the federal judiciary after a report that federal judges heard cases in which they or their family members had a financial connection.
The Thursday letter from Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) comes after a Wall Street Journal report that 131 judges failed to disclose stock investments in public companies , which is a violation of federal law and judicial ethics.
The lawmakers also pointed to similar recusal issues at the U.S. Supreme Court in recent years when justices didn’t disqualify ...