Hawley On Why He Voted Against Ethics Rules For US Supreme Court Justices
July 27, 2023 6:48AM CDT
FILE – IN this Jan 15, 2019 file photo, Senate Judiciary Committee committee member Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., questions Attorney General nominee William Barr during a Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington. Hawley is facing conservative backlash after raising concerns with President Donald Trump’s nominee to a high-profile appeals court. The Judicial Crisis Network on Monday announced plans to spend $500,000 on Missouri ads to sway Hawley to support D.C.-area U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals nominee Neomi Rao. Hawley on Monday told KFTK 97.1 FM Newstalk’s Marc Cox that Rao doesn’t have a strong record on abortion. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
Missouri U-S Senator Josh Hawley is defending his “no” vote on a bill that would establish a code of ethics for U-S Supreme Court justices.
He told Missourinet the overall push for ethics reform by Senate Democrats is not really about ethics.
That’s actually a separate bill Hawley was referring to that hasn’t yet been voted on in committee. As for his “no” vote on the code of conduct bill, he says codes of conduct should be created for members of Congress, not just supreme court justices.