Senate Democrats are pursuing legislation this week that would set a binding ethics code for the U.S. Supreme Court following revelations that some conservative justices have failed to disclose luxury trips and real estate transactions - a measure facing an uphill battle thanks to Republican opposition.

Senate Democrats are pursuing legislation this week that would set a binding ethics code for the U.S. Supreme Court following revelations that some conservative justices have failed to disclose luxury trips and real estate transactions - a measure facing an uphill battle thanks to Republican opposition.

  • gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works
    51·
    1 year ago

    Technically, if it does end up getting passed, it will theoretically have teeth. But then the Tribunal of Six will probably just say “it’s unconstitutional to hold us accountable”.

    At that point, someone’s bound to infer something creative from the statement “supreme court justices are appointed for life” sooner or later.

    My point being: if you halt any and all means of civil recourse that your citizens have, someone is going to dislike that enough that they will find a way around it that you will not like.