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Warren, Jayapal Introduce Bill to Bind Supreme Court to Code of Ethics, Crack Down on Gifts and Trips (truthout.org)

submitted 1 year ago by Kiwiapple87@kbin.social to c/news@kbin.social

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Their new bill would place a cap on the value of gifts that Supreme Court justices are allowed to receive.

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[–] hellothisisdog@yiffit.net 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

hell yeah. i hope it passes. no court should be above a moral standard of ethics. how this came to be for so long is beyond me

[–] Kiwiapple87@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think because of the vetting process for supreme court justices, the rest of government just trusted them to hold themselves to a high ethical standard.

[–] hellothisisdog@yiffit.net 1 points 1 year ago

our first mistake D: