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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Alex Woodward

Will the Supreme Court have to answer to ethics rules? Lawmakers ask ‘how low can the court go?’

EPA

Unreported gifts and lavish vacations worth tens of thousands of dollars from politically connected megadonors. Undisclosed real-estate transactions involving family members. Potential conflicts of interest with enormous political impacts.

Following an avalanche of reporting about justices on the nation’s highest court, Democratic members of Congress have argued that the US Supreme Court – the only arm of the federal judiciary that is not bound by a code of ethics – should not be insulated against a system of checks and balances.

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