Senate Democrats are pursuing legislation this week that would set a binding ethics code for the U.S. Supreme Court following revelations that some conservative justices have failed to disclose luxury trips and real estate transactions - a measure facing an uphill battle thanks to Republican opposition.
God we are so fucking far past the point where this will matter. We need to give up the idea that we can still patch our broken governmental system with things that rely on people coming together and agreeing that some things are just bad. The right will defend anything if defending it can give them more power. This legislation would probably be used to kick a democratic judge off for “ethics violations” like giving food to the homeless somewhere that it’s been made illegal before it was used to target republican judges guilty of rape, lying under oath, and bribery.
“Sorry, we heard Judge ______ handed a bottle of water to someone in a GA election line, gotta go!”