Durbin pressed Roberts in person to enact binding Supreme Court ethics code

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin (D-IL) directly pressed Chief Justice John Roberts on the need for enforceable ethics reforms during the Supreme Court’s semiannual Judicial Conference on Tuesday.

Durbin, who has long advocated a binding ethics code for justices, expressed his concerns to Roberts during the twice-annual meeting of the Judicial Conference, the judiciary’s policymaking body chaired by Roberts. Durbin renewed his arguments that recently adopted ethics guidelines for the high court remain inadequate due to the absence of enforcement mechanisms, a source familiar with the event told the Washington Examiner.