Senate Judiciary Committee discusses need for Supreme Court code of ethics

The Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on Supreme Court ethics reform on Tuesday, despite Chief Justice John Roberts declining to testify. The Supreme Court doesn't follow the ethics code that applies to other federal courts, and several bills have been introduced to require the court to adopt an ethical code of conduct. Last month, Justice Clarence Thomas didn't disclose two decades of luxury vacations paid for by a wealthy Republican donor, and last week, Justice Neil Gorsuch didn't disclose the identity of the person who bought property from him in Colorado. The hearing will examine "common sense proposals" for ethical guidelines.