Federal courts have recently come under fire over their perceived lack of strong and enforceable ethical standards. The actions of some U.S. Supreme Court members have prompted questions about what disclosures should be required for federal judges, what conflict-of-interest rules should apply and generally how the federal bench can ensure appropriately neutral arbiters. Here in California we're wondering why this is a problem for them: The state courts long ago adopted systems of judicial ethics and rigorously enforce those rules with effective judicial discipline. Nothing stops the federal judiciary from doing the same—and they should.