Both Parties in ‘Total Agreement’ on Need to Toughen Judicial-Disclosure Law, GOP Lawmaker Says - The Wall Street Journal
Judge Jennifer Elrod says the planned financial-disclosure system would allow for judges to black out personal information.
Photo: House Committee on the JudiciaryDemocrats and Republicans are “in total agreement” on the need for legislation that would require judges to adhere to the same financial- disclosure requirements as Congress, Rep. Darrell Issa (R., Calif.) said at a hearing Tuesday.
The hearing came a day after a bipartisan group of lawmakers, including Mr. Issa, introduced a bill in both the House and Senate that would require the judiciary to accelerate public release of the disclosure forms by months and in some cases years. Currently, judges’ financial disclosures are filed annually by May of the following year.
source: https://www.wsj.com/articles/judiciary-plans-new-system-for-spotting-financial-conflicts-after-wsj-report-11635261290
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