Whereas the Constitution establishes three coequal branches of government—legislative, executive, and judicial—each with its own powers and responsibilities; Whereas every person who appears before a United States court should have confidence that his or her case will be heard fairly and judged solely on the facts before the court and a thorough and thoughtful application of law; Whereas the words Equal Justice Under Law are carved above the entrance of the Supreme Court, declaring the core value of the Federal judiciary; Whereas judicial impartiality is foundational to our system of justice and essential to uphold the Constitution’s guarantee of due process and equal protection of the laws; Whereas judicial independence and impartiality is essential to the fair administration of justice and the legitimacy of the courts; Whereas Congress has established binding ethics requirements and standards for the Federal judiciary; Whereas the Federal recusal statute, section 455 of title 28, United States Code, requires a justice [to]...disqualify himself in any proceeding in which his impartiality might reasonably be questioned or where he has a personal bias or prejudice concerning a party ; Whereas, on November 13, 2023, the Supreme Court, with all nine Justices acting unanimously, promulgated a Code of Conduct for the Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States; Whereas the preface to the Code includes the statement: For the most part these rules and principles are not new: The Court has long had the equivalent of common law ethics rules, that is, a body of rules derived from a variety of sources, including statutory provisions, the code that applies to other members of the Federal judiciary, ethics advisory opinions issued by the Judicial Conference Committee on Codes of Conduct, and historic practice