Supreme Court Ethics and Investigations Act

The bill would amend title 28 of the U.S. Code to authorize the Chief Justice to establish an Office of Ethics Counsel within the Supreme Court, which would advise justices and their spouses on judicial ethics topics such as financial disclosures, gifts, political activity, conflicts of interest, and recusal, and would require annual reporting to the House and Senate Judiciary Committees. It would also authorize an Office of Investigative Counsel with subpoena power to review and investigate ethics complaints against justices, filed by specified congressional leaders, and to submit findings and recommendations to the Chief Justice or, where the Chief Justice is the subject, to the most senior associate justice. The provided text was truncated, so later provisions regarding reporting contents and any remedies could not be fully reviewed.

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