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Richard Blumenthal: “The Chief justice has issued a kind of set of rules that…”

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

Published | Video Starts at 14:16

So there's some dissatisfaction with the resistance of the other justices to an enforceable code of ethics. And I emphasize the word enforceable because, as you know, The Chief justice has issued a kind of set of rules that they would do voluntarily. But there's nobody to say, well, you know, that rule means Justice Alito or Justice Thomas, that you can't take that gift. You can't do that kind of free cruise. (14:16–14:22)

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