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US Senate panel to seek ethics standards for US Supreme Court as questions swirl

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A Democratic-led Senate panel intends to pursue legislation setting ethical standards for US Supreme Court justices amid revelations about luxury trips and real estate transactions involving members of the nation's top judicial body, the panel's chairman said on Tuesday.

US Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas talks with Chief Justice John Roberts as the justices pose for their group portrait at the Supreme Court in Washington DC, November 30, 2018. REUTERS/ Jim Young/ File Photo

He added: "The Supreme Court should step up and fix this themselves. For years they refused. And because the court will not act, Congress must." Another Republican committee member, Senator John Kennedy said the hearing represented "an excuse to sling more mud at an institution that some—not all—some Democrats don't like because they can't control it 100% of the time.

 

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