One reason for the push for change is because of how influential United States Supreme Court justices are.
Previously undisclosed gifts totaling hundreds of thousands of dollars given to Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas by a prominent conservative billionaire have sparked a debate over the ethics of Supreme Court justices.
In fact, online, there are pages and pages of guidance detailing when a member of Congress can accept a gift and when they can't. "Ethics rules for judges are just different," said Charles Geyh, a law professor specializing in ethics at Indiana University.So does the White House. Geyh says the court is deeply rooted in tradition. Adopting an ethics policy has been a controversial idea."I think there probably is a feeling within the Supreme Court that they are a unique kind of court, that they are not subject to the regulation of mere mortals," Geyh said.
Basically, if a justice thought someone was being kind to them as a person as opposed to their work as a justice, they wouldn't have to disclose it. That exemption, though, went away last month for many gifts.
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