The premier and most important piece of legislation around this, the Supreme Court Ethics Recusal and Transparency Act. And so, like, how would that solve this? It would solve it by requiring more disclosure, adherence to rules, same kinds of ethical standards that apply to senators, to members of the executive branch, to lower court judges, courts of appeals and district court judges. I've also introduced, by the way, a bill that would establish an inspector general. And you know, every other branch of government, critically important agency, has an inspector general who can actually investigate potential violations. (16:22–16:40)
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