WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday adopted its first code of ethics, in the face of sustained criticism over undisclosed trips and gifts from wealthy benefactors to some justices, but the code lacks a means of enforcement.
The policy, agreed to by all nine justices, does not appear to impose any significant new requirements and leaves compliance entirely to each justice.
Sure, let’s trust the blatantly corrupt judges to police themselves. They pinky swear they’ll hold each other accountable, and definitely won’t just completely ignore their own corruption time and time again.
They specifically created the “code” themselves because they knew it they didn’t, one would be imposed upon them eventually. Since they created their own “code”, they got to write the rules for it, including all the ‘loopholes’ they deliberately put in place, as well as the lack of enforcement provisions. This way they can continue just as they have been, but they can pretend they’re doing something about a situation they’ve been very happy with.
Exactly. It’s so blatantly obvious what they’ve done, yet they’re allowed to just keep going unimpeded.