Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee have voted to authorize subpoenas for two prominent conservatives who arranged luxury travel and other benefits for Supreme Court justices

Senate Democrats are expected on Thursday to vote on authorizing subpoenas to a pair of influential conservatives with ties to the U.S. Supreme Court as part of an ethics inquiry spurred by reports of undisclosed largesse directed to some conservative justices.

The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday voted to subpoena conservatives Harlan Crow and Leonard Leo over their ties to luxury travel enjoyed by Justice Clarence Thomas.

Democrats bulldoze the rules in pursuit of Supreme Court Justices and their friends.

All 11 Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee voted to approve subpoenas for Harlan Crow and Leonard Leo.

The Texas Republicans opposed subpoenaing conservative donor Crow over his ties to Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, casting it as a partisan attack.

Democrats who control the Judiciary Committee want records from billionaire Harlan Crow and former Federalist Society head Leonard Leo.

Democrats issued the subpoenas over heavy objections from Republicans, who called the subpoenas "an absolute joke."

Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee voted Thursday to authorize subpoenas for two prominent conservatives who arranged luxury travel and other benefits for Supreme Court justices, but Republicans challenged the legitimacy of the move and pledged to withhold support for enforcing the legal order.

Tempers exploded at a Senate Judiciary Committee meeting Thursday before Democrats voted to subpoena a major conservative donor and a prominent conservative activist linked to the Supreme Court’s ethics scandals.