Last October, amid a series of ethics controversies plaguing the high court, Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett conceded that it’d be a “good idea” for the institution to adopt an ethics code. Justice Elena Kagan made similar comments a month earlier.
It would also establish new rules for disclosing gifts and travel.” Senate Republicans balked at such reforms last year, and that opposition has not changed. NBC News reported: Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham vowed in advance to derail the measure, and he did exactly that. Though it only took one opponent to object to the unanimous-consent request, the South Carolinian was joined by some of his GOP colleagues, including Sens. John Kennedy of Louisiana and Mike Lee of Utah.
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