Arizona’s Democratic State Committee will consider support for the Federal Judiciary Reform Act at their State Committee meeting on Saturday.
The proposed law makes it illegal for individuals, corporations or other entities to give gifts to the members of the U.S. Supreme Court. It also prohibits the justices from receiving gifts, hearing cases concerning people or organizations that have given gifts or hearing cases if a member of their family has accepted gifts.
The resolution encourages Arizona’s representatives and senators to enact the proposed legislation. Arizona’s Democratic Party would be the first to endorse the proposal. As it gets more support, it will become a way for voters to differentiate between candidates who support and oppose federal judiciary reform.
The resolution has been endorsed by the Resolutions Committee and is expected to be a small part of the meeting at Phoenix College, which will include discussion of plans for winning the 2024 election. Following the State Committee’s tri-annual meeting, there will be a State Convention to work toward selecting delegates to the Democratic National Convention.
Republicans have canceled their Arizona meeting this week after Kari Lake forced the resignation of the state chairman by releasing a recording that purports to prove that he offered her a bribe to drop out of the U.S. Senate contest. While she is proud to have the scalp on her belt, some people may be asking why the Republicans felt a need to pay her not to run. Trump canceled a trip to Arizona that would have put him in the middle of a knife fight among his supporters in the state.
The Federal Judiciary Reform Act says:
- No person, corporation or other type of organization shall give any thing, service or item, whether tangible or intangible, to a member of the federal judiciary or member of the individual’s family, with a value of more than $25. Such limit shall apply per calendar year. Violation of this section shall be a Class B felony with a fine of up to $500 billion dollars.
- Accepting of excessive gifts prohibited. After the effective date of this act, no member of the federal judiciary shall accept any gift with a value of more than $25 from any person, corporation or other type of organization. Violation of this provision shall constitute a Class B felony. Conviction shall remove the member of the federal judiciary as having violated the Good Behavior requirement of the Constitution.
- Failure to recuse. Any member of the federal judiciary who has accepted a gift with a value of $25 or more from a person, corporation or other type of organization, shall recuse themselves from hearing any matter that could affect the person, corporation or organization giving the gift. Such prohibition includes matters directly affecting the giver, furthering a position publicly taken by the giver, indirectly affecting the tax liability of the giver or increasing the value of the tangible or intangible property of the giver. This section applies to gifts given before or after the date of this act, if the failure to recuse occurs after the date of this act. Failure to recuse shall be a Class B felony and subject the member of the judiciary to removal as having violated the Good Behavior requirement of the Constitution.
- No member of the judiciary shall hear a case in which a member of his or her family has publicly taken a position or received compensation from any person, corporation or other type of organization who has taken a position on the issue. Hearing such a case shall constitute failure to recuse as described in Section 3, and shall face the same penalty.
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