The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday announced its first formal code of conduct governing the ethical behavior of its nine justices, bowing to months of outside pressure over revelations of undisclosed luxury trips and hobnobbing with wealthy benefactors.
Thats a lot of shoulds when it needs to read shall
there’s also zero enforcement on the code.
“Yea. We should not be assholes, but we’re still gonna be assholes. whatchya gonna do?”
We need checks and balances, but sometimes it feels like the entire machine has never been maintained. What do you do with corruption this widespread?
I have no good answers,
Though the French solution seems… effective?
Ah, doth the Usurper’s bossom ring true? Or wilst thou wish his hand stayed?
Does it? They almost elected a nazi wannabe… twice. In the last two elections. They still have to protest to get their rights protected. Their first revolution literally led to Napoleon.
People always talk about how “successful” the French are at protecting their democracy… but it seems mostly performative, not effective.