The Senate Judiciary Committee is expected to vote Thursday on a new ethics code for the Supreme Court, an attempt to respond to recent revelations about justices’ interactions with wealthy donors and others. Republicans are strongly opposed, arguing the ethics bill could “destroy” the high court.
Systems created under the best-case-scenario will inevitably fail. The US legislative and executive branches were created under the assumption that all players have the best interest of the people and nation in mind and will act accordingly.