The senators want to know what steps USMS has taken "to ensure the safety of judges’ family members as part of [an elevated] threat environment" and whether "recent executive branch personnel or funding decisions [have] affected USMS’s capacity to investigate or respond to threats against judges and their family members."
The event marks the release of bipartisan American Academy of Arts & Sciences report on the reform.
"'This is a break-the-glass moment on Supreme Court ethics,' said Gabe Roth of the group Fix the Court, which has long advocated for greater accountability and transparency at the court. 'I don’t think an ethics code is a panacea, but I think there is a perception that the justices are not taking their ethical responsibilities seriously enough.'"