Contending a judicial panel weakened ethics rules for judges who accept corporate-sponsored trips, Sen. Patrick Leahy said Friday he'll reintroduce legislation to define standards. "Gift disclosure rules apply to presidents and Cabinet officials and members of Congress," he said. "There's no good reason why judges in lifetime jobs should not have the same kind of accountability." Leahy plans to use the already contentious judicial confirmation process to raise the ethics issue's profile.
December 20, 2004 at 12:00 AM
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