Judiciary Committee reports Whitehouse SCOTUS ethics bill out to Senate floor

https://www.marylandmatters.org/2023/07/21/ethics-rules-for-supreme-court-justices-approved-on-party-line-vote-by-u-s-senate-panel/?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=e7df8173-7f38-4fb0-9c97-e15df376addb

Here is an account of the Senate Judiciary Committee markup of the Supreme Court Ethics, Recusal, and Transparency Act authored by Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D, RI). Republicans were unanimous in their condemnation of the bill, calling it an attack on the justices because of their conservative views.

[GMOM Board member Tina Coplan and I attended the session. The article does not begin to describe how hyperpartisan and ridiculous some of the senators' statements were. Republicans senators completely ignored the obvious ethical lapses by justices who benefit by association with billionaire donors.]

Charlie Cooper