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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 (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

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.