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HR 862 112th Congress House

Supreme Court Transparency and Disclosure Act of 2011

Official title: To apply to the justices of the Supreme Court the Code of Conduct for United States Judges, to establish certain procedures with respect to the recusal of justices, and for other purposes.

Introduced: May 13, 2011 Introduced by: Murphy, Christopher Democratic · Connecticut See on congress.gov
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Became law
Mar 21, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Commercial and Administrative Law.
Mar 1, 2011
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Mar 1, 2011
Introduced in House
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 Latest action March 21, 2011

Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Commercial and Administrative Law.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Supreme Court Transparency and Disclosure Act of 2011 - Applies to Supreme Court justices the same code of conduct that applies to U.S. circuit and district judges.

Directs the U.S. Judicial Conference to establish procedures under which complaints alleging that a justice violated such code of conduct may be filed with and investigated by the Conference.

Requires a justice to publicly disclose the reasons for: (1) disqualifying himself or herself, under specified provisions of the federal judicial code, from any case in which his or her impartiality might reasonably be questioned; or (2) denying a party's motion for such disqualification.

Directs the Conference to establish a process in which other justices or federal judges decide whether a justice should be disqualified when a party who is denied such a motion seeks further review.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 14
All 14 Democratic 6
LOWEY, NITA
· Nov 18, 2011
 D
Moore, Gwen
Wisconsin · Nov 14, 2011
ACKERMAN, GARY
· Jul 7, 2011
 D
Hirono, Mazie K.
Hawaii · Jul 7, 2011
OLVER, JOHN
· Jul 7, 2011
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · May 13, 2011
 D
Sherman, Brad
California · Apr 14, 2011
SLAUGHTER, LOUISE
· Apr 4, 2011
FRANK, BARNEY
· Mar 30, 2011
KUCINICH, DENNIS
· Mar 30, 2011
 D
McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Mar 15, 2011
Polis, Jared
· Mar 15, 2011
 D
Tonko, Paul
New York · Mar 3, 2011
WEINER, ANTHONY
· Mar 1, 2011
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