Senate Judiciary Committee Report Calls for Ethics Changes at Supreme Court

Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin says the high court ‘is mired in an ethical crisis of its own making.’

Sen. Richard Durbin (D-Ill.) speaks during a hearing reviewing the president’s fiscal year 2024 budget request for the National Guard and Reserve in Washington on June 1, 2023. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

The Senate Judiciary Committee urged Congress to require the Supreme Court to enforce judicial ethical standards in an investigative report that was released on Dec. 21.

Action on the report seems unlikely as Republicans gear up to assume control of the Senate next month. Republican leadership opposes the Democrat-sponsored court reform proposals.