"It's the highest court in the land with the lowest ethical standards. These are the only governmental officials in the land who are not governed by a binding ethics code. There's no process by which we can hold any of them accountable," Raskin said.

"And so, we need to clean that up. And that's why we said we're going to start with something simple that the whole country will be able to understand immediately and intuitively," Raskin said. "We want a $50 gift ban for U.S. Supreme Court justices. They make $300,000 a year. Pay for your own lunch and pay for your own vacation."

The final quote from Raskin is so simple and inarguably true: SCOTUS justices being paid $300,000 annually should always pay for their own meals and vacations just like the rest of us and every other elected government employee. If a justice wants to accumulate great wealth or wine and dine with billionaires, then leave the bench and do whatever one wishes within our current gift tax laws.

SCOTUS justices never should have been allowed to be the judges of their own actions regarding ethical concerns. A simple limit on the dollar amount of gifts they're allowed to receive should have been codified decades ago. But throughout our vast history, no justices to my knowledge were showered with millions of dollars of free vacations, homes, and travel like that bestowed upon current and recently deceased SCOTUS members. An employee can only serve one master and that should be the entity who employs them and bequeaths them with immense power and influence over every American through their interpretations of laws and regulations. We as citizens should demand no less regardless of party or politics.