Supreme Court adopts modified ethics code after pressure from Hill Dems

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Supreme Court adopts modified ethics code after pressure from Hill Dems
The Supreme Court announced a new 'Code of Conduct' on Monday
By Brianna Herlihy , Bill Mears , Shannon Bream Fox News
Published November 13, 2023 2:22pm EST

The Supreme Court on Monday issued a new "Code of Conduct" following months of heightened scrutiny from Senate Judiciary Democrats pushing for new ethics laws for the high court.

"The undersigned Justices are promulgating this Code of Conduct to set out succinctly and gather in one place the ethics rules and principles that guide the conduct of the Members of the Court," the announcement Monday read.

"For the most part these rules and principles are not new: The Court has long had the equivalent of common law ethics rules, that is, a body of rules derived from a variety of sources, including statutory provisions, the code that applies to other members of the federal judiciary, ethics advisory opinions issued by the Judicial Conference Committee on Codes of Conduct, and historic practice," the statement reads.

"The absence of a Code, however, has led in recent years to the misunderstanding that the Justices of this Court, unlike all other jurists in this country, regard themselves as unrestricted by any ethics rules. To dispel this misunderstanding, we are issuing this Code, which largely represents a codification of principles that we have long regarded as governing our conduct," it says.

The Code is a set of five "canons," including two new canons that appear to be in response to reports over travel arrangements for private trips taken by Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas paid by others, and use of Court staff for book promotion — referring to a recent report on that staff of Justice Sonia Sotomayor's staff urged colleges and libraries to buy her latest book.

"A Justice should not to any substantial degree use judicial chambers, resources, or staff to engage in activities that do not materially support official functions or other activities permitted under these Canons," the code states.

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[Sighlass]

How about a rule where the liberals that performed things like officiating gay marriages while the subject was before their gavels learn to dismiss themselves (even step down) as bias. How about setting in place ways to keep leaking sensitive rulings rulings by keeping very tight tabs on those with access. The problem with the so-called following the Constitution that they are bound to do, is the human factor allows them to totally skip what is in black and white. Tainting something that is sacred to most Americans.

[DefiantMassRINO]

 

If Government officials are going to sell access, they should at least have it open for public bidding with US General Services Administration or eBay.

That we way know who is paying what amount for access to which Government officials.

[Cyber Liberty]

Now the SCOTUS is caving to the Rats, just like Johnson.