Senate Committee Narrowly Approves Democrat-Backed Supreme Court Ethics Bill
The Democrat-controlled Senate Judiciary Committee narrowly approved a Democrat-backed Supreme Court ethics reform bill on July 20 on a party line 11–10 vote.
Republicans oppose the legislation, which they say is unconstitutional.
They have suggested that Democrats—many of whom want to pack the Supreme Court with liberal justices—only want to move against the Court because its six-member conservative-leaning majority has been handing down decisions they find objectionable.
Three of those six justices were appointed by then-President Donald Trump, a Republican.
Democrats have been demanding that the Supreme Court adopt a code of ethics after the revelation of several alleged ethical lapses committed by conservative members of the Court, particularly Justice Clarence Thomas and Justice Samuel Alito….