H.R. 1057 · 116th Congress
Supreme Court Ethics Act
- Stage
- In committee
- Sponsor
- Hank Johnson
- Introduced
- 2019-02-07
- Latest action
- 2019-03-22 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
Summary
Supreme Court Ethics Act
This bill establishes a new statutory requirement for the Judicial Conference of the United States (Judicial Conference) to issue a judicial code of conduct for judges and justices of U.S. courts (including Justices of the Supreme Court).
Currently, the Judicial Conference issues a code of conduct for judges of U.S. courts (but not for Justices of the Supreme Court).