Supreme Court

Transcend -  The Supreme Court of the United States, the most powerful court in the country, operates under no binding code of ethics.

Federal judges at every other level of the judiciary are bound by ethics rules. Members of Congress are bound by financial disclosure requirements.

But the nine justices who sit on the highest court in the land — who decide the future of reproductive rights, voting rights, and the boundaries of presidential power — answer to no one.

When a justice has an obvious conflict of interest – or accepts lavish trips, gifts, or favors from the very people whose cases later land on their desk – they face no consequences.

This isn’t an accident or an oversight. It is the direct result of decades of Republican obstruction — every serious attempt at Supreme Court ethics reform blocked, stalled, or filibustered before it could become law.