Senate Democrats Plan Vote Today on New Ethics Code for Supreme Court
Republicans on the Senate judiciary committee say they will fight the ethics bill, which they say would undermine the separation of powers and is more about Democratic opposition to the court’s decisions than its ethics.
WASHINGTON — The Senate Judiciary Committee is expected to vote Thursday on a new ethics code for the Supreme Court, an attempt to respond to recent disclosures about justices’ interactions with wealthy donors and others. Republicans are strongly opposed, arguing the ethics bill could “destroy” the high court.
The committee’s legislation would impose new ethics rules on the court and a process to enforce them, including new standards for transparency around recusals, gifts and potential conflicts of interest.
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