House Democrats Propose $50 Gift Limit for Supreme Court Justices

WASHINGTON—House Democrats are proposing a $50 limit for the value of gifts Supreme Court justices are allowed to accept as part of a broader effort to address what they call an ethics crisis on the nation’s highest court. House Oversight Committee Ranking Member Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) and Vice Ranking Member Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) discussed the idea during a Democratic roundtable on June 11. “The highest court in the land today has the lowest ethical standards,” Mr. Raskin said. “And yet, they are the only jurists in the federal system who are traditionally given the honorific justice rather than judge.” The roundtable event was titled “High Court, Low Standards, and Dark Money: Flagging a Supreme Ethics Crisis in America.” It featured remarks from committee members and guests, including Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), who criticized the conduct of some of the justices....