Supreme Court Transparency and Disclosure Act of 2011
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.
- IntroducedMar 1, 2011
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- 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; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NY | Anthony D. Weiner | Original | Mar 1, 2011 |
| D-IL | Jesse L. Jackson, Jr. | Mar 3, 2011 | |
| D-NY | Paul Tonko | Mar 3, 2011 | |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Mar 9, 2011 | |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Mar 9, 2011 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Mar 9, 2011 | |
| D-CA | Bob Filner | Mar 11, 2011 | |
| D-CA | Anna G. Eshoo | Mar 15, 2011 | |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Mar 15, 2011 | |
| D-CO | Jared Polis | Mar 15, 2011 | |
| D-GU | Madeleine Z. Bordallo | Mar 15, 2011 | |
| D-CA | Fortney Pete Stark | Mar 16, 2011 | |
| D-OR | Peter A. DeFazio | Mar 16, 2011 | |
| D-MA | Barney Frank | Mar 30, 2011 | |
| D-OH | Dennis J. Kucinich | Mar 30, 2011 | |
| D-NY | Louise McIntosh Slaughter | Apr 4, 2011 | |
| D-CA | Brad Sherman | Apr 14, 2011 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | May 13, 2011 | |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Jul 7, 2011 | |
| D-NY | Gary L. Ackerman | Jul 7, 2011 | |
| D-MA | John F. Tierney | Jul 7, 2011 | |
| D-MA | John W. Olver | Jul 7, 2011 | |
| D-NY | Maurice D. Hinchey | Jul 7, 2011 | |
| D-HI | Mazie K. Hirono | Jul 7, 2011 | |
| D-CA | Jackie Speier | Jul 13, 2011 | |
| D-WA | Jim McDermott | Jul 13, 2011 | |
| D-MD | John P. Sarbanes | Jul 13, 2011 | |
| D-VA | Gerald E. Connolly | Nov 2, 2011 | |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Nov 14, 2011 | |
| D-NY | Steve Israel | Nov 14, 2011 | |
| D-TN | Jim Cooper | Nov 15, 2011 | |
| D-NY | Nita M. Lowey | Nov 18, 2011 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Mar 1, 2011 |
| Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet Subcommittee | Referred Mar 21, 2011 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 21, 2011Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Commercial and Administrative Law.
- Mar 1, 2011Introduced in House
- Mar 1, 2011Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E1264 | Louise McIntosh Slaughter D-NY | Jul 7, 2011 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H1456.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- 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.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Supreme Court Transparency and Disclosure Act of 2011
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Law.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 1, 2011Introduced in House
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