[Biden Campaign] Biden declares war on the Supreme Court

The Supreme Court Adopts a Code of Conduct

https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/LSB/LSB11078

excerpt:

If Congress wished to sanction a Justice who had allegedly violated the Justices’ Code of Conduct or another applicable ethical rule, the Constitution would also impose limits. Article III forbids Congress from reducing Supreme Court Justices’ salaries or removing them from office except via the extraordinary and blunt remedy of impeachment. Thus, Congress may have limited means to induce Justices to behave ethically.

Because the Supreme Court possesses the authority to determine the constitutionality of legislative actions, the Supreme Court itself would likely play a critical role in determining whether Congress could validly impose or enforce ethics rules on the Court. There is limited legal precedent on this issue because Congress and the Supreme Court have historically taken an approach focused on interbranch comity, declining to test the full extent of their powers in order to avoid conflict between the legislative and judicial branches. Thus, Congress has at times deferred to the Court to set court rules and procedures, and the Court has at times acquiesced to ethics legislation without formally addressing its constitutionality. It is therefore difficult to predict whether or how the Court might address the constitutionality of possible Supreme Court ethics legislation.
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"That piece" is from the Congressional Research Service