Supreme Court Ethics and Investigations Act

Senate Bill

S. 3914

119th Congress

Supreme Court Ethics and Investigations Act

In Committee

Introduced:Feb 25, 2026

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Summary

This bill would create two new offices within the Supreme Court: an Office of Ethics Counsel and an Office of Investigative Counsel. These offices would handle ethics matters and investigations related to the Supreme Court, establishing a formal structure for addressing ethical questions involving justices and court operations.

Latest Action

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Introduced2/25/2026

StatusRead twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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Supreme Court Ethics and Investigations Act

This bill would create two new offices within the Supreme Court: an Office of Ethics Counsel and an Office of Investigative Counsel. These offices would handle ethics matters and investigations related to the Supreme Court, establishing a formal structure for

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This bill would create two new offices within the Supreme Court: an Office of Ethics Counsel and an Office of Investigative Counsel. These offices would handle ethics matters and investigations related to the Supreme Court, establishing a formal structure for addressing ethical questions involving justices and court operations.

Bill Number: 3914
Introduced: 2/25/2026
Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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Title: Supreme Court Ethics and Investigations Act
Bill Number: 3914
Sponsor: No sponsor
Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced: 2/25/2026
Summary: This bill would create two new offices within the Supreme Court: an Office of Ethics Counsel and an Office of Investigative Counsel. These offices would handle ethics matters and investigations related to the Supreme Court, establishing a formal structure for addressing ethical questions involving j

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Plain-English explanation of this bill

This bill would create two new offices within the Supreme Court: an Office of Ethics Counsel and an Office of Investigative Counsel. These offices would handle ethics matters and investigations related to the Supreme Court, establishing a formal structure for addressing ethical questions involving justices and court operations.

Last updated: 2/27/2026

Key Points

Main provisions of the bill

The bill would establish an Office of Ethics Counsel within the Supreme Court to provide guidance on ethical issues.
It would also create an Office of Investigative Counsel within the Supreme Court to conduct investigations into ethics matters.
These offices would be added to the United States Code, making them part of the permanent legal structure governing the federal court system.
The bill specifically targets the Supreme Court, not lower federal courts.
This would formalize ethics oversight processes that currently may not exist in the same structured way at the Supreme Court level.

How This Impacts Americans

Potential effects on citizens and communities

This bill would primarily affect Supreme Court justices and the operations of the Supreme Court itself by creating formal offices to handle ethics questions and investigations. It could also impact public confidence in the judicial system by establishing clearer mechanisms for addressing ethical concerns at the highest court. The general public would be indirectly affected through potentially increased transparency and accountability in how ethics matters involving Supreme Court justices are handled.

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Scope & Jurisdiction

Jurisdiction Level

federal

Congressional Session

119th Congress

Citation Reference

3914, 119th Congress (2026). "Supreme Court Ethics and Investigations Act". Source: Voter's Right Platform. https://votersright.org/bills/119-s-3914

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