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Richard Blumenthal: “Justices Kagan and Jackson have both endorsed the idea of a…”

Featuring: Richard Blumenthal, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Connecticut

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Connecticut Senator Richard Blumenthal Discusses Supreme Court Reforms and Ethics on Defending Democracy Podcast

Published | Video Starts at 13:57

All right, so we got this big problem. What's the, what's the solution? Well, the, the first kind of easiest solution is a code of ethics that is enforceable. And to their credit, Justices Kagan and Jackson have both endorsed the idea of a code of ethics. Justice Sotomayor has hinted at it as well. So there's some dissatisfaction with the resistance of the other justices to an enforceable code of ethics. (13:57–14:04)

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Asserts that Justices Kagan and Jackson support implementing a code of ethics for the Supreme Court.

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