Thread by @SenWhitehouse

Let’s take a look at some of the tweaks the Supreme Court made to the lower courts’ code of conduct. Swapping out “judge” for “justice” makes perfect sense, but a few of these edits ought to raise eyebrows.

Here’s the “no ratting out your colleagues” switch:

Note here the addition of “knowingly.”

Deleted: “that a judge’s conduct contravened this Code, that a judicial employee’s conduct contravened this Code, that a judicial employee’s conduct contravened the Code of Conduct for Judicial Employees, or that a lawyer violated applicable rules of professional conduct.”

"Shall" is swapped for "should."

"Shall" swapped for “should,” and “knowingly” sprinkled in a few more times.

And one more excerpt.

Setting aside the main problem of no process/no umpires, even the Code itself is watered down for Their Olympian Highnesses.