I'm Samantha Sharis, I'm Virginia Allen, and this is the Daily Signal Top News for Wednesday, November 1st.

Here are today's headlines.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Republican from Kentucky, criticized Senate Democrats over their plan to vote on issuing subpoenas.

Dubillionaires Harlan Crowe and Robin Arclay II and conservative activist Leonard Leo.

Our colleague Tyler O'Neill reports that Illinois Democrat Senator Dick Durbin and Rhode Island Democrat Senator Sheldon White House

announced Monday that the Senate Judiciary Committee will vote to authorize issuing subpoenas to Leo Crowe and Arclay.

During a Tuesday press conference, McConnell said, what he's targeting here is private citizens with no legislative purpose.

I think it's completely and totally inappropriate.

So who are Crow, Arclay, and Leo, and what is their connection to the justices?

Crowe has provided flights and lodge stays for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, and Arclay has hosted Justice Samuel Olito and Leo at his own lodge.

Durbin, who chairs the committee and White House who chairs the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on federal courts, oversight, agency action, and federal rights,

condemned Supreme Court justices for purportedly accepting lavish, undisclosed gifts, and thereby enabling their wealthy benefactors and other individuals with business before the court to gain private access to the justices.

Earlier today, Texas Republican Senator Ted Cruz blasted the left's attacks on Leo and other conservative friends of Supreme Court justices as an attempt to undermine the Constitution itself.

Cruz told the Daily Signal in a statement today that from Franklin Roosevelt's cord packing scheme to the attacks on Justice Clarence Thomas, and from the smear tactics used to defame Justice Brett Kavanaugh,

so libels against Leonard Leo Democrats will stop at nothing to de-legitimize the Supreme Court.

The Texas Republican added, see these Democrat attacks for what they are, a full on assault on our Constitution.

Democrats hate our system of separation of powers, and they are willing to burn down the Supreme Court to accomplish their goals.

A vote on whether to move forward with subpoenas that could happen next week.

Stay tuned.

Here at the Daily Signal, our colleague Mary Margaret Olehann had the opportunity to talk with the newly elected House Speaker, Mike Johnson,

and ask him about his faith.

Johnson stressed the importance of treating political opponents with dignity and respect while adhering to fundamental truths.

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