Supreme Court ethics bill stalls after Republican Senators vote to block

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A bill that would hold Supreme Court justices to a code of ethics failed in the U.S. Senate Wednesday after Republicans stalled the measure.

"The highest court in the land cannot and should not have the lowest ethical standards," said Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin, a Democrat and the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee. "I do not think this bill is about ethics. This bill is about abortion," said Louisiana Sen. John Kennedy on Wednesday.Breaking down the new Supreme Court ethics code Stephanie Liebergen 3:28 PM, Nov 26, 2023 The ethics bill was first introduced in the Senate in 2023, where it failed on bipartisan lines.

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