<br><div><aside class="gnt_em gnt_em__fp gnt_em_vp__tp gnt_em__el" aria-label="Video - Supreme Court to weigh rollback of abortion rights"/><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">WASHINGTON – Two members of the Senate Judiciary Committee are asking the Justice Department to provide <a target="_blank" href="/in-depth/news/politics/2021/04/18/president-bidens-supreme-court-commission-already-facing-headwinds/7110226002/" rel="noopener" data-t-l=":b|e|inline click|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a">information about where Supreme Court</a> justices have traveled, asserting that the disclosure would improve transparency on the high court.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">"The justices of our highest court are subject to the lowest standards of transparency of any senior officials across the federal government," wrote Sens. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., and John Kennedy, R-La., in a June 4 letter made public Tuesday. </p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">The request is directed at the U.S. Marshals Service, which provides judicial security – including assisting with security for Supreme Court justices when they travel domestically outside of Washington, D.C., the senators wrote in the letter. </p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">Outside groups have pressed the court for additional travel disclosures. That push received renewed attention after the late Associate Justice <a target="_blank" href="/story/news/2016/02/13/justice-scalia-found-dead-texas-ranch/80347474/" rel="noopener" data-t-l=":b|e|inline click|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a">Antonin Scalia died in 2016 at a Texas ranch</a> owned by an attorney who previously had business at the court. The owner told the Washington Post then that Scalia was a guest and, like all the other guests at his ranch, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2016/02/17/justice-scalias-death-and-questions-about-who-pays-for-supreme-court-justices-to-visit-remote-resorts/" rel="noopener" data-t-l=":b|e|inline click|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a">did not pay for his stay</a>. </p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">Like others in the government, the justices do disclose trips that are reimbursed by outside entities. <a target="_blank" href="/story/news/politics/2021/04/07/supreme-court-justice-stephen-breyer-warns-against-packing-bench/7116124002/" rel="noopener" data-t-l=":b|e|inline click|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a">Associate Justice Stephen Breyer</a>, for instance, frequently notes his travel to New York to judge the Pritzker Architecture Prize, paid for by a foundation that sponsors that award. Other justice routinely note their travel to speak at law schools. </p><aside class="gnt_em gnt_em_hf" data-g-r="lazy" data-gl-type="method" data-gl-method="loadHb64" aria-label="Do you approve of the job Joe Biden is doing as President?" data-t-cel="hb64" data-gl-hb64="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"/><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">But outside...</p></div> <style> .wrapper { text-align: center; } </style> <div class="wrapper"> <a class="button" href ="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2021/06/08/senators-seek-insight-into-when-where-supreme-court-justices-travel/7593347002/">Read more <span>➤</span></a> </div>