The U.S. Supreme Court has drawn intense scrutiny for being the only judicial body not subject to a binding ethics code. A Senate panel on Tuesday debated whether Congress could even pass such a code under the Constitution.

The Senate Judiciary Committee spent more than three hours debating possible reforms to the ethics standards of Supreme Court justices on Tuesday. The hearing followed recent media reports documenting undisclosed connections between members of the court and outside donors, lawyers and other figures.

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