"The Court has lost its moral compass — and has dug in its heels. Comprehensive ethics legislation appears to be the only way to put it back on the right track." - Fix the Court’s Gabe Roth in advance of tomorrow's Judiciary Committee markup and vote on a #SCOTUS ethics bill
The problem is that legislating the actions of the Court would violate the separation of branches, violating the independence of the judiciary.
If a justice is misbehaving then he should be impeached. That's the one and only tool provided to address it, the compromise that allows justices to be held accountable without too much interference in their work.
And if a justice is not misbehaving, then there's no need for trying to interfere with court business.
So impeach or don't. That's the choice our elected representatives have.
@volkris This is wrong, as I’ve detailed many times. There is a history of legislating in this way. And, under your logic, the same would apply to the executive branch. And that, obviously, is not the case.
Yes, there's a long history of legislation that is invalid or illegal. What of it?
It's really notable to me that you didn't actually provide any argument as to where a flaw might be in what I said.
Just pointing to other people doing the same thing doesn't mean it's not wrong for them to have done it.
@volkris It’s not legislation that is invalid or illegal. And there’s nothing notable about me pointing you to my work and nonetheless providing a sufficient response.