U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas speaking during the “Law Symposium: Justice Thomas’s Thirty-Year Legacy on the Court,” co-hosted by The C. Boyden Gray Center for the Study of the Administrative State and The Heritage Foundation, in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 21, 2021. Photo: Diego M. Radzinschi/ALM
Legislation forcing the U.S. Supreme Court to address recusal and other ethics issues is moving forward in Congress in the wake of a Jan. 6-related scandal involving Justice Clarence Thomas’ wife and the justice’s own vote in a Jan. 6 case.
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, and Rep. Hank Johnson, D-Georgia, recently introduced the “Twenty-First Century Courts Act,” a broad measure addressing recusal, ethics codes, amicus briefs, travel disclosures and courtroom cameras, among other areas.
