Jayapal, Warren, Colleagues Introduce Bill to Reform Broken Judicial Ethics System

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) and Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) introduced the Judicial Ethics and Anti-Corruption Act to overhaul our nation's judicial ethics laws and restore public faith in our court system. In the U.S. House of Representatives, this legislation is cosponsored by Representatives Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.), Chair of the House Judiciary Committee; André Carson (D-Ind.); Sylvia Garcia (D-Texas.); Katie Porter (D-Calif.); Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.); Madeleine Dean (D-Pa.); Mondaire Jones (D-N.Y.);, Veronica Escobar (D-Texas); Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.); Jesús "Chuy" García (D-Ill.);

"We can no longer stand by while our judges and justices take advantage of our system to build wealth and power at the expense of our country's most marginalized. A system without basic ethics is a corrupt system," said Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal. "People deserve impartial judges and justices who aren't beholden to special interests or to their personal agenda. Nobody is above the law. Not even a Supreme Court Justice. My bill with Senator Warren will reinstate the checks and balances needed to ensure a fair and balanced judicial system that fulfills its promise of equal justice under the law."