The Senators call for an end to the attacks on the justices and their families: "These attacks on the Supreme Court and the justices must end. The letter also defends Justice Clarence Thomas: "Justice Thomas is an honorable man, a principled jurist, and one of our nation’s greatest justices.But because he refuses to compromise his principles, the left has increasingly sought to discredit him."
They criticize attempts to withhold $10 million in security funding for the Court: "It is shocking that the Democrats would try to leverage the physical security of Supreme Court justices and their families to force the Court to bend to its demands." The Senators state: "We reject this manufactured 'ethics crisis' at the Supreme Court as a ploy to further Democrats’ efforts to undermine public confidence and change the makeup of the court." Wyden’s Apletter to Harlan Crow requesting tax return information from a private citizen as an attempt to further smear Justice Clarence Thomas and to bully the Supreme Court into acting as “a super legislature to implement progressive policies.” WASHINGTON – Senators Mike Lee (R-UT), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Ted Cruz (R-TX), Ted Budd (R-NC), Eric Schmitt (R-MO), Rick Scott (R-FL), Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), Thom Tillis (R-NC), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), John Cornyn (R-TX), Roger Marshall (R-KS), Marco Rubio (R-FL), Mike Braun (R-IN), and Ron Johnson (R-WI) sent a letter to Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden (D-OR), expressing concerns over "unprecedented attacks" on the Supreme Court, including Sen.
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