A bare Democratic majority of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee approved legislation Thursday that would introduce ethics reform for the U.S. Supreme Court, but Republicans promised the legislation would “go nowhere” in the full chamber.

The legislation would require the high court to adopt a binding code of ethics and establish a process in which individuals could file complaints regarding the justices’ conduct, which would be investigated by a panel of lower court judges. The proposed 2023 Supreme Court Ethics, Recusal, and Transparency (SCERT) Act would also establish judicial review panels for the justices’ recusal decisions.

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