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Senate committee approves legislation to impose stronger ethics standards on Supreme Court justices (apnews.com)
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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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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

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).