A group of lawmakers earlier this month introduced legislation that would hold U.S. Supreme Court justices accountable to the same ethics code as other federal court judges.
Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Christopher Murphy (D-Conn.) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) joined Representative Louise Slaughter (D-N.Y.) and 15 House members in introducing the Supreme Court Ethics Act of 2013. To the surprise of many, Supreme Court justices are not bound by any code of conduct.
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