HR 862 · 112th Congress 2011–2013, ended

Supreme Court Transparency and Disclosure Act of 2011

Introduced Mar 1, 2011 Originated House Sponsor Christopher Murphy D-CT

Fact sheet

Latest action · Mar 21, 2011 Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Commercial and Administrative Law.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedMar 1, 2011
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

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.

Cosponsors 32

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 1, 2011 to Nov 18, 2011, with 1 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-NYAnthony D. WeinerOriginalMar 1, 2011
D-ILJesse L. Jackson, Jr.Mar 3, 2011
D-NYPaul TonkoMar 3, 2011
D-CABarbara LeeMar 9, 2011
D-NYCarolyn B. MaloneyMar 9, 2011
D-AZRaúl M. GrijalvaMar 9, 2011
D-CABob FilnerMar 11, 2011
D-CAAnna G. EshooMar 15, 2011
D-MNBetty McCollumMar 15, 2011
D-COJared PolisMar 15, 2011
D-GUMadeleine Z. BordalloMar 15, 2011
D-CAFortney Pete StarkMar 16, 2011
D-ORPeter A. DeFazioMar 16, 2011
D-MABarney FrankMar 30, 2011
D-OHDennis J. KucinichMar 30, 2011
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Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Mar 21, 2011Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Commercial and Administrative Law.
  2. Mar 1, 2011Introduced in House
  3. Mar 1, 2011Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Law.

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  1. Mar 1, 2011Introduced in House

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