![]() ![]() ![]() PFEIFFER: So nothing specific required for a Supreme Court justice? It could essentially be identical for the lower - for what the lower courts abide by? So A, it's easy to say what it would look like, and B, it shouldn't be a great chore to draft it. But the situation we have now is that 9,991 of them have a code of conduct and nine don't. So let's say there are 10,000 judges in the country. ![]() KING: Well, that's an easy question because there's already a code of conduct for every other judge in the federal system, not to mention every judge in the state system. On the first part, what would a code of conduct for the Supreme Court look like? The second part would create an enforcement mechanism. The first part would require the court to adopt a code of conduct. Last week's bill was introduced by Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Senator Angus King, an independent who represents Maine and is with us now. That's all in response to recent allegations of misconduct involving Justices Clarence Thomas and Neil Gorsuch. And last week, senators introduced a bipartisan bill to create a code of conduct for the Supreme Court. Yesterday, the Senate held a hearing on judicial ethics. ![]()
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