Contact Congress about S. 1814: Supreme Court Ethics, Recusal, and Transparency Act of 2025

Supreme Court justices and other federal judges would face stricter ethics, gift, and conflict rules. The bill also creates a complaint process for justices and new public disclosure rules for people and groups involved in Supreme Court cases.

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Supreme Court Ethics, Recusal, and Transparency Act of 2025 is a Senate bill in committee. The latest recorded action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Latest action on S. 1814: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Who this affects: This bill mainly affects Supreme Court justices first, then other federal judges, because it gives them new ethics, disclosure, and recusal duties. It also affects people and groups involved in federal cases, especially Supreme Court cases, because they would have to disclose more information and could use a new process to seek recusal. Court staff and judiciary administrators would also have new compliance, reporting, audit, and training work.

Why this matters: This bill matters because Supreme Court and federal court decisions affect people across the country, and conflict rules can shape who hears those cases. Clear written rules on gifts, money, lobbying, and recusal could make court ethics easier for the public to see and judge. The bill could also change how often judges step aside and how much information parties and amici must reveal. How much it changes real behavior would depend on how these rules are enforced over time.

Key provisions in S. 1814

• The Supreme Court and the Judicial Conference would have to write formal ethics codes. They would have 180 days after enactment to do it for the justices and all other federal judges.
• The Supreme Court would have to post its ethics code and related rules online. People would need to be able to read, search, sort, and download the full text.
• People could file formal misconduct complaints against Supreme Court justices. Complaints would have to be signed, sworn under penalty of perjury, and reviewed by a five-judge panel made up of circuit chief judges.
• That five-judge panel could do a real investigation. It could hold hearings, take sworn testimony, issue subpoenas, and publish reports with findings and recommendations.
• Justices and their law clerks would face stricter rules on gifts, income, and reimbursements. Those rules would have to be at least as tough as the rules for members of the House and Senate.

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Questions people ask about S. 1814

What is S. 1814?

Supreme Court justices and other federal judges would face stricter ethics, gift, and conflict rules. The bill also creates a complaint process for justices and new public disclosure rules for people and groups involved in Supreme Court cases.

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