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enforceable rules. so, both justices and the american people know when conduct crosses the line. the highest court in the land should not have the lowest ethical standards. that reality is driving a crisis in public confidence in the supreme court. the status quo must change. >> that was senator dick durbin, chair of the senate judiciary committee. this argument, and that the justices can just police themselves, i think there's a lot of people that will say, it seems laughable. but what enforceable measures could congress impose on the supreme court, if any? >> yes, that's a real question. the supreme -- court like, the last time this issue came up in 2011, the last time it was reported that harlan crow was giving all these gifts to clarence thomas, the chief justice put out a sort of petulant annual report where, among other things, he suggested that it would be unconstitutional for congress