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Sheldon Whitehouse: “The Supreme Court justices are the only federal judges in the entire system who are not subject to the code of ethics.…”

On the recordMay 3, 2022
The Supreme Court justices are the only federal judges in the entire system who are not subject to the code of ethics. They hold themselves above it and they believe that each can be judged in his or her own cause of their own ethics.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island
Source
msnbc.com

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Sheldon Whitehouse discusses the lack of ethical oversight for Supreme Court justices compared to other federal judges.

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