To amend title 28, United States Code, to require justices, judges, magistrate judges, or bankruptcy judges and their spouses and dependent children to place certain assets into qualified blind trusts, and for other purposes.
The Justice is BLIND Act of 2026 requires all federal judges, magistrate judges, and bankruptcy judges, along with their spouses and dependent children, to place certain investments into qualified blind trusts. The bill defines covered financial interests as stocks, commodities, futures, and similar derivatives, but excludes widely diversified investment funds, U.S. Treasury securities, and employment compensation. Judges currently in office must comply within 90 days of the bill's enactment, while those appointed after enactment have 90 days from their swearing-in date to place their assets into blind trusts. Once assets are placed in these trusts, judges cannot access or control them until 180 days after they leave office. The bill requires judges to attest in writing that they have established a blind trust and placed covered assets into it, with these attestations made publicly available through an online database maintained by the Administrative Office of the United States Courts.
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