The Senate Judiciary Committee is slated Thursday to debate and vote on a bill backed by Senate Democrats that would impose a binding ethics code for the Supreme Court.
The committee will weigh a bill introduced by Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse that would set new requirements for financial disclosures and recusal in cases in which a justice may have a conflicting interest.
“Just about every week now, we learn something new and deeply troubling about the Justices serving on the Supreme Court—the highest court in the land in the United States—and their conduct outside the courtroom,” Chairman Sen. Dick Durbin said in a statement Wednesday. “Let me tell you, if I or any member of the Senate failed to report an all-expense paid luxury getaway or if we used our government staff to help sell books we wrote, we’d be in big trouble.
Some Senate Judiciary Committee Republicans have suggested the ethics reform push is an effort by liberals to discredit the court and argue the justices should set their own policies. "In other words, they're gonna allow lower court judges to tell the Supreme Court how to operate when it comes to a complaint against the court. That's a complete assault on the court as we know," Graham said.
Roberts was provided an invitation to testify at the May hearing but declined Durbin's request in a written response, citing"the importance of preserving judicial independence."
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