Source:Forbes Magazine– left to right: U.S. Representative Adam Schiff (Democrat, California) & U.S. Representative Jim Jordan (Republican, Ohio) Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee.

Source:The New Democrat

“At a House Judiciary Committee hearing earlier this month, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) proposed an amendment for a code of ethics on federal courts to a bill that led to debate among other lawmakers.”

From Forbes Magazine

Representative Adam Schiff makes a couple good points about the U.S. Supreme Court:

The only position in the U.S. Government that’s not accountable to anyone, is the U.S. Justice, including the U.S. Chief Justice, as well as every other Federal judge in this country. They’re appointed for life, which means they can’t be fired and only can be impeached and convicted in Congress. Which almost never happens and only happens when one judge is so unpopular in both parties and obviously completely corrupt.

The other good point that Representative Schiff makes, has to do with U.S. Justice corruption issues. They need an enforceable code of ethics. Not just because of Justice Clarence Thomas, but for the entire court.

My answer about packing the U.S. Supreme Court: elections have consequences. Hypocrisy in Congress is about as common as heat and humidity, as well as traffic jams in Washington, especially in the summer. Had left-wing Democrats bothered to vote in 2014 and 16, Democrats hold the Senate and Mitch McConnell never becomes Senate Majority Leader, a position that he had from 2015-21, when the Republicans got 3 Supreme Court justices.