Heard the news about the Supreme Court "ethics rules" today on KCBS, the local CBS radio affiliate. The reporter lady ended it by saying something like, "...they said that because Congress wants them to have an ethics code, here's an ethics code. But it simply says that we should do what we already do." I don't know if that was an accurate quote, but the implications are fairly insulting and frightening, if those on the Court don't recognize that what they already do is not wrong....
Should
Should not
Should
Should not
....or else, what? Anything?
A vital point. No enforcement. Nothing to prevent the gift taking that fueled the call for a set of written ethics.
It's a weak beginning and toothless.
Heard the news about the Supreme Court "ethics rules" today on KCBS, the local CBS radio affiliate. The reporter lady ended it by saying something like, "...they said that because Congress wants them to have an ethics code, here's an ethics code. But it simply says that we should do what we already do." I don't know if that was an accurate quote, but the implications are fairly insulting and frightening, if those on the Court don't recognize that what they already do is not wrong....
...I mean, not RIGHT!
So much for my proofreading...
It appears to me that Thomas and Alito don't even believe their own shit stinks.