,,iv  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,h4 ,,res4 #cgg  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of
 ,,representatives  ,october #aj1       
#bjac,ms4 ,norton submitted the         
following resolution2 which was referred
 to the ,committee on the ,judiciary    
,,resolution  ,expressing the sense of  
the ,house of ,representatives that the 
,justices of the ,united ,states        
,supreme ,court should make themselves  
subject to the existing and operative   
ethics guidelines set out in the ,code  
of ,conduct for ,united ,states ,judges1
 most of which are already legally      
binding on them4  ,whereas section #dee 
of title #bh1 ,united ,states ,code1    
establishes the circumstances under     
which any justice1 judge1 or magistrate 
judge of the ,united ,states shall      
disqualify himself or herself from a    
case2 ,whereas the ,judicial ,conduct   
and ,disability ,act authorizes the     
,federal judicial circuits to implement 
complaint1 investigative1 and review    
procedures for certain decisions of a   

judge or magistrate judge of the ,united
 ,states not to recuse himself or       
herself from a case2 ,whereas litigants 
can seek legal recourse through the     
,united ,states courts to enforce       
section #dee of title #bh1 ,united      
,states ,code1 and challenge the        
disposition of the underlying case1 and 
complainants have administrative        
procedures under the ,judicial ,conduct 
and ,disability ,act against a judge or 
magistrate judge of the ,united ,states1
 but there are no comparable enforcement
 mechanisms against the ,justices of the
 ,united ,states2 ,whereas the ,judicial
 ,conference of the ,united ,states     
adopted a ,code of ,conduct for ,united 
,states ,judges1 which uses identical   
language to the relevant portion of     
section #dee of title #bh1 ,united      
,states ,code1 that a judge or          
magistrate judge of the ,united ,states 
must abide by when deciding whether to  
recuse himself or herself from a case1  
but the ,code does not apply to a       

,justice of the ,united ,states ,supreme
 ,court2 ,whereas ,justices of the      
,united ,states ,supreme ,court each    
have unreviewable authority to determine
 whether there is an appearance of bias1
 conflict of interest1 or other ethical 
justification sufficient for withdrawal 
from hearing1 partaking in deliberations
 in1 or joining in the resolution of a  
case or controversy2 ,whereas the       
,federal ,judicial ,center has concluded
 that balancing the duty to decide with 
the duty to disqualify precludes judges 
from using recusal as an excuse to shirk
 their duties by avoiding difficult or  
unpleasant cases2 ,whereas the ,united  
,states ,constitution vests judicial    
power in one ,supreme ,court1 and in    
such inferior courts as the ,congress   
may from time to time ordain and        
establish2 ,whereas the separation of   
powers of the coordinate branches of    
government1 as well as the independence 
of the ,judiciary1 or the appearance of 
independence1 may be compromised by     

extensive ,legislative or ,executive    
interference into that branch's         
functions2 ,whereas ,james ,madison     
argued in ,federalist ,paper ,number #aj
 that no man is allowed to be a judge in
 his own cause1 because his interest    
would certainly bias his judgment1 and1 
not improbably1 corrupt his integrity2  
and ,whereas the ,united ,states        
,supreme ,court has acknowledged in     
,republican ,party of ,minnesota v4     
,white1 and reiterated in ,caperton v4  
,a4,t4 ,massey ,coal ,co41 that the     
citizen's respect for judgments depends 
''' upon the issuing court's absolute   
probity1 and that judicial integrity is1
 in consequence1 a state interest of the
 highest order3 ,now1 therefore1 be it  
,that it is the sense of the ,house of  
,representatives that the ,justices of  
the ,united ,states ,supreme ,court     
should make themselves subject to the   
existing and operative ethics guidelines
 set out in the ,code of ,conduct for   
,united ,states ,judges1 most of which  

are already legally binding on them4