[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 90 (Thursday, May 23, 2024)]
[House]
[Page H3513]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                             JUSTICE SYSTEM

  (Mr. PETERS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PETERS. Mr. Speaker, the Supreme Court recently circulated 
guidelines to its employees that cautioned against anything `` . . . 
that might signal a political display.''
  Those guidelines for employees are apparently lost on some of the 
Justices themselves, who fly upside-down American flags, display 
symbols of insurrection and Christian nationalism, and take gifts from 
political operatives. Supreme Court Justices should set the highest 
standard and avoid even the appearance of conflicts of interest.
  Mr. Speaker, I am increasingly concerned about attacks on the 
American system of justice from the inside and out. As an attorney, I 
am bound by a code of ethics that states: ``A lawyer should demonstrate 
respect for the legal system and for those who serve it, including 
judges, other lawyers, and public officials,'' which is why it is so 
shocking to see colleagues who have practiced law standing outside of 
the trial of the former President in an attempt to undermine those 
proceedings as they are going on.

  They should know better, and they do know better, but loyalty to 
Donald Trump is apparently the only loyalty some attorneys serving in 
elected office adhere to these days. As Members of the House and 
members of the bar, we must do better.

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