#resistoftheday — Public Fediverse posts

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Dear Senator / Representative -

I would like you to draft legislation for an enforceable code of ethics for the Supreme Court that includes consequences such as recusal or termination. Congress’ power to enact an ethics code comes from the necessary and proper clause of the U. Constitution, which grants Congress the broad authority to enact laws necessary to “[carry] into Execution” the “Powers vested by this Constitution” in any agency of the government.

This provision expressly gives Congress the power to pass laws necessary and proper to enable the Supreme Court to carry out its judicial powers. An ethics code is one such law.

Justices on the U.S. Supreme Court do not subscribe to an enforceable code of ethics. Every other federal judge is subject to one.

I am tired of Supreme Court justices taking lavish gifts from people and companies that have brought or will bring business before the court. I believe it is necessary and proper for Supreme Court Justices to be subject to a strict ethics code. I believe that the American people have lost trust in justice, and an ethics code for the Supreme Court is a necessary first step to restoring trust.

Please implement a real ethics code for the Supreme Court, ethics with consequences, just as every other federal judge must abide by.
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