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High Court Gift Ban Act

Key claim: The High Court Gift Ban Act (HR9688) would prohibit gifts to Supreme Court justices and was referred to the House Judiciary Committee.

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(HR9688 · 119th Congress) Latest action (2026-07-14): Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

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Gifts and undisclosed hospitality to justices have been at the center of recent Supreme Court ethics controversies, and a targeted statutory ban would create a bright-line rule enforceable independent of the Court’s self-adopted code of conduct. For litigants and the public, such a prohibition speaks directly to perceptions of impartiality that underpin due process in civil rights adjudication.

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High Court Gift Ban Act
Stage: introduced · congress · 14-jul-2026

The High Court Gift Ban Act (HR9688) would prohibit gifts to Supreme Court justices and was referred to the House Judiciary Committee.

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External: congress:119-hr-9688:introduced

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