Senate Committee Advances Supreme Court Ethics Bill Along Party Lines Despite GOP Opposition

The Judiciary Committee advanced a bill to impose ethics rules on the Supreme Court in an 11-10 party line vote.
The legislation aims to establish a code of conduct, strengthen recusal and financial disclosure requirements, and allow for investigating misconduct complaints against justices.
Recent reports revealed lavish gifts given to conservative justices and failures to disclose real estate deals financed by Republican donors.
Republicans criticized the bill as a partisan attack on the court's legitimacy and something that should be handled internally by the justices.
The bill faces long odds in the full Senate due to the 60-vote threshold and Republican opposition in the House.