Democrats and liberal judicial advocates express disappointment over the lack of binding enforcement measures in the Supreme Court's new code of conduct.
After months of urging the Supreme Court to adopt a code of ethics , Democrats and liberal judicial advocates are disenchanted by the justices' new code of conduct over a lack of binding enforcement measures . The Supreme Court 's new code drew mixed opinions from Democratic senators, including Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin (D-IL) and fellow Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), over an apparent absence of an enforcement mechanism.
The high court adopted the code on Monday after a series of media reports surfaced ethics questions about specific justices and prompted criticism from Democrats over Republican-appointed Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito. BIDEN-XI MEETING HAS REPERCUSSIONS AT HOME AHEAD OF ELECTION: 'THE US HAS ENOUGH ON ITS PLATE' What the Supreme Court did was"no surprise," Durbin told the Washington Examiner. "They're under a lot of pressure. The reputation of the court has been damaged. We're going over it very carefully to see exactly what they did and whether it really is enough disclosure and enforcement," Durbin sai
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