Senate Judiciary Committee chair says the Supreme Court's new code of conduct lacking any enforcement mechanism 'falls short'

• On Monday afternoon, the Supreme Court announced each of its justices had signed a code of conduct.
• Sen. Dick Durbin,  the Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman, said it "falls short."
• Earlier, Durbin criticized the high court, saying it shouldn't "have the lowest ethical standards."

The chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee said the Supreme Court's newly signed code of conduct — which lacks any enforcement mechanisms — "falls short of what we could and should expect."

Democratic Senator Dick Durbin, the committee's chair, made the statement in a Monday evening post to X hours after the high court announced the agreement.