Agreed. The most "long term" effect a US president has is nominating supreme court justices. I also fail to see how a "code of conduct" might change the way i

Agreed. The most "long term" effect a US president has is nominating supreme court justices. I also fail to see how a "code of conduct" might change the way individual justices interpret the current constitution. Worse yet, who is writing the code of ethics? Is it going to be a constitution v2? Constitution-lite?