The American Prospect
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US Politics
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Richard Durbin is the top Democrat in charge of oversight of the Supreme Court .
He issued subpoenas to the landlord and conservative legal activist Leonard Leo in November .
Richard D. Ocasio-Cortez : The Supreme Court’s current ethics scandals are precisely the type of situation for which congressional subpoenas exist.
John Avlon : Supreme Court ethics scandals are precisely the type of situation for which congressional subpoenas exist.
Avlon says Durbin 's investigation into the justices’ financial backers must result in legislation to prevent this scandal from recurring.
He says all of Congress ’s subpoena powers exist as corollaries to its legislative duties.
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