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Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) has called for an investigation into Justice Samuel Alito over his recent comments downplaying Congress's ability to impose a code of ethics on the Supreme Court.
The Senate Judiciary Committee passed a new ethics bill that would require the Supreme Court to adopt new policies to address misconduct and other issues.
Before it came out. justice thomas of course has also come under scrutiny for not fully disclosing his relationship with texas billionaire harlan crow. now, the senate judiciary committee is planning to move ahead with ethics reform, to address just this. >> let me state the obvious. there is something ron going on in the supreme court of the united states of america. when we return from the july recess, we will write a markup of the ethics bill in the senate judiciary committee. >> with that, let's get smarter with the help of our leadoff panel. jeff bennett is here, co-anchor of pbs news hou...
America. when we return from our recess, we will have a mark-up of the ethics bill in the senate judiciary building. i hope before that time, chief roberts will show some leadership. i mean, it's true that he or any one of the 500 other supreme court justices, or chief justices, could impose a rule of at left a disclosure. no one is saying don't do it. they're just saying disclose it. >> which is why you see senators be much more aggressive about the need for at least the legislative branch to exercise some oversight. they feel as senator durbin said, they are not doing enough to police them...
Is taking. john roberts position is, we have it covered and don't need any more improved ethical standards and these republicans are suggesting oh, yes, you do. so that was a tell to me, that republicans know that there's a vulnerability here the longer these justices dig in their heels and don't do anything to improve the code of ethics at the court. i think they see themselves taking on water politically here because you have judges like michael ludsig making these statements, lisa murkowski of alaska signingen to an ethics bill. somebody like lindsey graham we can't hole hold up the resista...