A top Senate appropriator is considering fencing off operational funding for the Supreme Court in the fiscal year 2025 spending bill. This move would require the court to enforce an ethics code to access the funding, following controversies involving Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito's wives' political behavior and gifts from wealthy friends.
The Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government Chairman, Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., is looking into reviving a proposal to compel the Supreme Court to implement an enforceable code of ethics. Last year, Van Hollen proposed fencing off some of the court's operational funding until an ethics code similar to that of lower courts was in place.
