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S. 1814119th CongressLaw
Supreme Court Ethics, Recusal, and Transparency Act of 2025
Sponsored by Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) · 35 active : 34 Democrats, 1 Independent
Latest action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Where it standsBefore the Senate3 senators score as swing votes
Hasn’t passed either chamber
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- House: not yet
- President: not yet
Summary
, via Congress.govSupreme Court Ethics, Recusal, and Transparency Act of 2025
This bill makes various changes related to the ethical standards, financial disclosure requirements, and recusal requirements that apply to Supreme Court Justices.
Among the changes, the bill requires the Supreme Court to
adopt a code of conduct for Justices and establish procedures to receive and investigate complaints of judicial misconduct;
adopt rules governing the disclosure of gifts, income, or reimbursements received by the Justices and law clerks that are at least as rigorous as the House and Senate disclosure rules; and
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establish procedural rules requiring each party or amicus to disclose any gift, income, or reimbursement provided to Justices.
Additionally, the bill
expands the circumstances under which a Justice or judge must be disqualified; and
requires the Supreme Court and the Judicial Conference to establish procedural rules for prohibiting the filing of or striking an amicus brief that would result in the disqualification of a Justice, judge, or magistrate judge.
Committees and subjects
Committees
- Senate Committee on the Judiciary · SenateReferred to
Subjects
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How the Senate breaks down
- 3Swing 70–100
- 39Middle 30–70
- 58Entrenched 0–30
Members fall into . All 100 senators have enough data to score.
Key players in the Senate
Ranked by swing score, 0–100 · swing-v2Bars show each input from 0 to 100: ideology gap, scorecard gap, . is the seat’s partisan lean, and shows how much of the input data a score has.
Similar past votes, Senate
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Cosponsors
35 activeShow all 35 cosponsors
- Adam B. Schiff (D-CA)
- Alex Padilla (D-CA)
- Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)
- Bernard Sanders (I-VT)
- Brian Schatz (D-HI)
- Chris Van Hollen (D-MD)
- Christopher A. Coons (D-DE)
- Cory A. Booker (D-NJ)
- Edward J. Markey (D-MA)
- Jack Reed (D-RI)
- Jeff Merkley (D-OR)
- John Fetterman (D-PA)
- John W. Hickenlooper (D-CO)
- Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D-NY)
- Mark Kelly (D-AZ)
- Martin Heinrich (D-NM)
- Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI)
- Patty Murray (D-WA)
- Peter Welch (D-VT)
- Richard Blumenthal
How the swing score works
Ideology gapHow far a member’s DW-NOMINATE voting score sits from their party’s median in the same chamber.
Scorecard gapHow far their Heritage Action and LCV ratings stray from their party’s average, using the groups’ votes on similar bills where available.
Cross-pressureHow strongly their district or state leans toward the other party, from our own computed partisan lean.
Similar votesHow often they voted against their own party on earlier roll calls about this bill or similar ones.
Committee bonusMembers of the committees handling the bill decide whether it moves, so they get a boost.
Cosponsor checkThe sponsor and active cosponsors have already committed, so they drop toward entrenched.
