2y ago

Senate committee approves legislation to impose stronger ethics standards on Supreme Court justices

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court would have to abide by stronger ethics standards under legislation approved on Thursday by the Senate Judiciary Committee, a response to recent revelations about donor-funded trips by justices. The bill faced united opposition from Republicans, who said it could “destroy” the court.

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2y ago

The Senate Judiciary panel will consider ethics rules for the Supreme Court

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South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham, the top Republican on the Judiciary panel, said Democrats are trying to “destroy” the court as it exists by tightening the rules around recusals and disqualifying conservatives from some decisions. Congress should stay out of the court’s business and mind the separation of powers, Graham said.
The bill “is an assault on the court itself,” Graham said.
Lady G...the voice of reason. /s
- The court is an assault on democracy
- I think little Lindsey is forgetting that the separate branches are co-equal and are fucking supposed to be a check on other branches powers.
- God i hate that motherfucker. I live in SC and I wish on the daily that someone would hang him from a tree in his own yard.
How dare you try and fix the corrupt supreme court the Republicans worked so hard to create. I mean how would conservatives take away everyone's rights and force their broken ideologies on all if we fixed the corruption. It's like you hate America.
🤣 😂🤣. It’s just funny they think that some ethics rules would destroy the court. If they believe it’s that corrupt then they should be in support of the rules.
- They believe that ethics rules harm conservatives disproportionately.
  They're right, they do. At least on the SCOTUS, we have clear evidence that conservatives behave far less ethically in general, and so forcing ethical behavior on the court will hurt the conservative agenda.
  Because the conservative agenda is not ethical.
I have yet to see a case of stronger ethical standards as outlined destroy any court. I cannot understand how people who spout such nonsense can look at themselves in the mirror without a serious case of nausea.
- I have yet to see a case of stronger ethical standards as outlined destroy any court
  You missed to operative phrase "as it exists".
  Graham knows that the current court is corrupt as fuck, and he's not wrong that tighter ethics rules will in fact destroy the court as it exists by removing the current openings for financial influence from the current judges. Conservatives know they're unpopular and any kind of ethics rules will hamper what they want to do (assuming they're actually enforced).
If this passes it'll be a full-blown Constitutional crisis when the SCOTUS refuses to comply.
The mask coming off will be an enjoyable sight, though. Perhaps will be sufficient to motivate a new Judicial Procedures Reform Bill.
- There is no chance of it passing. You'll never get 9+ Republicans to cross the aisle to support it in the Senate and the prospects are even worse if it should somehow make it over to the House.

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