Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin has been calling on the Supreme Court to change its ethics standards for almost a decade. Next month, he might finally get his chance to make it a reality. In an interview with TIME, the Illinois Democrat shared the contours of a bill he expects his committee to vote on after the July 4 recess aimed at forcing the Supreme Court to establish for the first time an ethics code for the justices and clear rules dictating when justices must recuse themselves from cases.
How Senate Democrats Hope To Force The Supreme Court To Adopt An Ethics Code
Nik Popli, Time
Thu, 06/29/2023 - 3:58pm
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