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It's time to restore balance to the courts.

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'The justicesā€™ unenforceable ā€œethics codeā€ is conspicuously tailored to all the unethical things the justices love doing so much.'

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'Supreme Courtā€™s ā€˜Newā€™ Ethics Code Wonā€™t Actually Change a Thing'

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74% of voters agreed that Congress should approve a stricter ethics code for the U.S. Supreme Court and probe 'the ties between justices and political megadonors,' according to Demand Justice. commondreams.org/news/supreme-cā€¦

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Americans can see through the court's failed attempt at a Code of Conduct. It's time for Congress to take action and pass actual ethics reform.

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Voters don't trust SCOTUS to police itself. Time for Congress to be Congress again and flex some muscle against the other branches of government.

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If the justices hope to undermine public calls for congressional action, they're going to have to do better than something where Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas decide which ethics rules to follow.

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NEW POLL: Even after hearing the Supreme Court has adopted a so-called 'code of ethics', 74% of Americans support Congress passing stricter rules and investigating.

Support for actual ethics reform at the Court is not slowing down.

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ā€œThere was a grudging quality to an introductory statement that preceded the new code, one that all but conceded that it was for show.'

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What is the point of an ethics code that 'would not have prevented, nor would it punish or otherwise address, the episodes that have so alarmed the public'?

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When the Supreme Court responds to a series of ethics crises with a ā€˜codeā€™ that basically says ā€œweā€™re going to keep doing whatever we want.ā€

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The Supreme Court has proven time and time again that they cannot hold themselves accountable to an ethical standard fit for our nation's highest court.

Congress must act.

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'Read together, the code and commentary provide only that the justices will recuse themselves if they feel like it.'

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'Each of the main elements of the codeā€”which they claim they are already adhering toā€”is at odds with some justicesā€™ behavior.'

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'The Supreme Court has effectively dismantled the ability to file lawsuits against federal officials accused of violating constitutional rights.'

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NEW: 'More than a dozen progressive advocacy groups on Thursday pressed Sen. Dick Durbin and other Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee to urgently subpoena Harlan Crow and Leonard Leo'

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