The Judicial Conference of the United States will not refer Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas or Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Department of Justice over alleged violations of federal law related to their financial disclosure filings.

In a series of letters issued Jan. 2, Judge Robert J. Conrad, Jr., the director of the administrative office of the United States Courts, told lawmakers and ethics advocates that the Judicial Conference lacks authority over the Supreme Court and a Justice Department referral would raise constitutional questions.

“The Judicial Conference does not superintend the Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States,” Judge Conrad said in his three letters.

He sent an identical pair of letters to Rep. Hank Johnson, Georgia Democrat, and Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, Rhode Island Democrat, over a 2023 complaint they raised against Justice Thomas following reports from ProPublica that Justice Thomas took luxury, undisclosed trips with a GOP mega donor.

Judge Conrad also sent a letter to Russ Vought, president of the Center for Renewing America, over a complaint he filed against Justice Jackson, alleging she did not disclose her husband’s medical consulting work. Mr. Vought is President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for director of the Office of Management and Budget.

Under federal law, government employees are required to file financial disclosures. Critics claim the justices should have made more detailed financial disclosures under 5 U.S.C. § 13106(b).

In all letters, Judge Conrad said both judges have since amended their financial disclosures.

• Alex Swoyer can be reached at aswoyer@washingtontimes.com.