Topic: Ethics Reform Act of 1989
Senator: Feingold
Date: SEPTEMBER 15, 2005
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FEINGOLD: In 2000, Chief Justice Rehnquist wrote a letter supporting repeal of a provision of the Ethics Reform Act of 1989 that bans honoraria for judges. Do you believe that the law should be changed to permit judges to take honoraria for speeches or appearances?
ROBERTS: There again, Senator, that's not an issue I've looked at.
I know the law prohibits that. I know that there was a case about that and the Supreme Court decided that to some extent that prohibition was unconstitutional as applied to lower-level officials but constitutional as applied to others.
ROBERTS: It's not a question that I've addressed.
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