WASHINGTON, July 20 -- Sen. Adam Schiff issued the following press release:
U.S. Senator Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) joined Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) and Peter Welch (D-Vt.) to introduce the High Court Gift Ban Act, legislation to close a glaring ethics loophole that allows U.S. Supreme Court Justices to accept lavish gifts from wealthy benefactors and individuals with interests before the Court. U.S. Representatives Jamie Raskin (D-Md.-08) and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.-14) introduced companion legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives.
"The Supreme Court has lost the trust of the American people, and Justices accepting lavish gifts from wealthy individuals with business before the court has only made matters worse. We need to put ...