Condemning antisemitism on University campuses and the testimony of University Presidents in the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
- Last Action
- 12/13/2023
Actions
- 2023-02-09Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
- 2023-02-09Introduced in House
- 2023-02-09Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2023-02-09 (00)
Supreme Court Ethics Act
This bill establishes a new statutory requirement for the Judicial Conference of the United States to issue a judicial code of conduct for judges and justices of U.S. courts, including Justices of the Supreme Court. Currently, the Judicial Conference issues a code of conduct for judges of U.S. courts (but not for Justices of the Supreme Court).
To enforce the code of conduct for Justices of the Supreme Court, the bill requires the Supreme Court to appoint an ethics investigations counsel. The ethics investigations counsel must
- adopt rules to enforce the code of conduct, including a process to receive public complaints of potential violations;
- investigate complaints; and
- issue an annual public report describing the complaints and the steps taken to address the complaints.
Finally, the bill requires a Justice of the Supreme Court to publicly disclose the reasons for disqualifying himself or herself in a proceeding or the reasons for denying a motion to disqualify himself or herself in a proceeding.
Cosponsors (20)
- JERROLD NADLER (D-NY)
- Jared Huffman (D-CA)
- Chellie Pingree (D-ME)
- Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA)
- ELEANOR NORTON (D-DC)
- Christopher Deluzio (D-PA)
- Nikema Williams (D-GA)
- BARBARA LEE (D-CA)
- Dwight Evans (D-PA)
- Mary Scanlon (D-PA)
- Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ)
- ADAM SCHIFF (D-CA)
- David Trone (D-MD)
- Joyce Beatty (D-OH)
- KWEISI MFUME (D-MD)
- JANICE SCHAKOWSKY (D-IL)
- Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO)
- Mark Pocan (D-WI)
- Deborah Ross (D-NC)
- John Sarbanes (D-MD)
Subjects
- Employee performance
- Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
- Government information and archives
- Government studies and investigations
- Judges
- Supreme Court
Sourced from Congress.gov (public domain).
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