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By David Wetzel New York (Knewz) — After controversy over Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas’ refusal to remove himself from cases about the Jan. 6 riots, several Democratic lawmakers revealed a bill April 6 that calls for ethics standards for judges on the highest court. Titled the “Twenty-First Century Courts Act of 2022, the bill calls for a code of conduct for Supreme Court and lower-court judges. It calls for the Judicial Conference of the United States to issue the code of conduct to all judges within 180 days of passing. Section 3 would make new standards of recusal for judges who ha…