H.R. 155 - Formal Ethics Code for Supreme Court Justices

• Urges the Supreme Court of the United States to adopt a formal ethics code similar to the Code of Conduct for United States Judges

• Notes that the Code of Conduct for United States Judges applies to federal circuit judges, district judges, and lower court judges, but the Judicial Conference lacks authority to bind the nine Supreme Court justices

• Cites the 2009 Supreme Court decision in Caperton v. A.T. Massey Coal Co. recognizing that judicial codes of conduct maintain the integrity of the judiciary and the rule of law

• References a February 3, 2022 letter from legal ethics scholars requesting that Chief Justice Roberts draft a formal ethics code for the Supreme Court

• Requires certified copies of the resolution to be transmitted to the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and Hawaii's congressional delegation