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GOP Senators Blast Push for Supreme Court Ethics Code
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1:00Now PlayingRepublican senators blasted a drive for a formal Supreme Court code of conduct following recent ethics controversies, accusing Democrats of seeking to weaken the conservative-leaning court.
Republicans including Lindsey Graham of South Carolina also defended Justice Clarence Thomas during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing against criticism of the justice’s failure to disclose luxurious trips funded by a wealthy GOP donor.
“This assault on Justice Thomas is well beyond ethics,” Graham said. “It is about trying to delegitimize a conservative court that was appointed through the traditional process.”
No Republican on the panel expressed any interest in legislation that could impose an ethics code on the high court. The proceeding came just days after all nine justices signed a statement vowing to follow ethical principles but indicating no plan to adopt formal rules on their own.
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