Ketanji Brown Jackson Is 'Considering Supporting' An Enforceable Supreme Court Code Of Ethics
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Ketanji Brown Jackson Is 'Considering Supporting' An Enforceable Supreme Court Code Of Ethics

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LOADING ERROR LOADING Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson recently said she is leaning in favor of a binding code of ethics for the Supreme Court. “A binding code of ethics is pretty standard for judges, and so I guess the question is, ‘Is the Supreme Court any different?’” Jackson said in a “CBS News Sunday Morning” interview with “CBS Evening News” anchor and managing editor Norah O’Donnell. Though it is nonbinding, the Supreme Court adopted its first formal code of ethics in November 2023, following public controversies with Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito. During her interview, Jackson said she is “considering supporting” an enforcement mechanism “as a general matter,” adding, “I’m not going to get into commenting on particular policy proposals, but from my perspective, I don’t have any problem with an enforceable code.”

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SCOTUS ethics code debate split liberal and conservative justices amid ‘legitimacy crisis’
2 weeks, 6 days ago

SCOTUS ethics code debate split liberal and conservative justices amid ‘legitimacy crisis’

Raw Story  

In 2005, President George W. Bush's nominee, John Roberts, became Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. "Faced with ethics controversies and a plunge in public trust, they were debating rules for their own conduct, according to people familiar with the process," The Times adds, revealing that "behind the scenes, the court had divided over whether the justices’ new rules could …

Editorial: Supreme Court term limits and ethics reforms aren’t just good for Democrats
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Editorial: Supreme Court term limits and ethics reforms aren’t just good for Democrats

LA Times  

President Biden’s Supreme Court reforms, including term limits for justices, are sensible and benefit both parties, but they aren’t getting bipartisan support. In an initiative endorsed by Vice President Kamala Harris, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, Biden proposed three changes: term limits for members of the Supreme Court, who now serve until they choose to retire; a binding and enforceable …

Biden proposed enforceable ethics code and term limits for Supreme Court. How might they work?
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Biden proposed enforceable ethics code and term limits for Supreme Court. How might they work?

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Monday proposed major changes for the U.S. Supreme Court: an enforceable code of ethics, term limits for justices and a constitutional amendment that would limit the justices’ recent decision on presidential immunity. There are ideas about how to impose term limits without an amendment — but if such a law passed and were challenged …

'Not normal': Joe Biden hits Supreme Court hard in blistering Washington Post column
4 months, 3 weeks ago

'Not normal': Joe Biden hits Supreme Court hard in blistering Washington Post column

Raw Story  

President Joe Biden outlined "three bold reforms" to rein in an increasingly unaccountable and extreme U.S. Supreme Court Monday. In an op-ed published in the Washington Post, the president called out the court's ruling on Donald Trump's immunity claims and abortion rights as mistakes that require legislative responses, and he called on Congress to address those issues and impose term …

‘Rules usually have enforcement mechanisms’: Supreme Court justice seeks ethics panel
4 months, 4 weeks ago

‘Rules usually have enforcement mechanisms’: Supreme Court justice seeks ethics panel

Raw Story  

Justice Elena Kagan wants to see the Supreme Court appoint an ethics enforcement committee following controversies surrounding conflicts posed by lavish trips bankrolled for Justice Clarence Thomas. During a Thursday conference, Kagan suggested to Chief Justice John Roberts that the court appoint “some sort of committee of highly respected judges with a great deal of experience and a reputation for …

Justice Kagan says there needs to be a way to enforce the US Supreme Court’s new ethics code
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Justice Kagan says there needs to be a way to enforce the US Supreme Court’s new ethics code

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Justice Elena Kagan on Thursday became the first member of the U.S. Supreme Court to call publicly for beefing up its new ethics code by adding a way to enforce it. In her first public remarks since the nation’s highest court wrapped up its term earlier this month, Kagan said she wouldn’t have signed onto the new …

“Compromised beyond measure”: Experts urge Senate to pass SCOTUS ethics code amid Alito flag debacle
7 months ago

“Compromised beyond measure”: Experts urge Senate to pass SCOTUS ethics code amid Alito flag debacle

Salon  

A prominent legal expert says Senate passage of Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse’s bill to require the Supreme Court to adopt a stronger ethics code could send a powerful message – even if its passage through the current House of Representatives is a likely impossibility. And, you know, if Justice Alito doesn't want Congress to impose an enforcement mechanism, he and Justice …

Editorial: Supreme Court’s new ethics code falls short in solving its ethics problem
1 year, 1 month ago

Editorial: Supreme Court’s new ethics code falls short in solving its ethics problem

LA Times  

The U.S. Supreme Court justices have adopted a code of conduct designed to assure Americans that they will behave ethically. Now, after embarrassing news reports about questionable conduct by some justices, it finally has brought forth a document designed to dispel “the misunderstanding that the justices of this court, unlike all other jurists in this country, regard themselves as unrestricted …

Supreme Court cowards are hiding behind a hollow ethics code. Here’s how to fix that.
1 year, 1 month ago

Supreme Court cowards are hiding behind a hollow ethics code. Here’s how to fix that.

Raw Story  

Justice Samuel Alito claims Congress has no power to impose an ethics code on the Supreme Court. Justices Alito and Thomas don’t just “regard themselves as unrestricted” by ethics, they have so egregiously violated the rules of fair play they shouldn’t be allowed to serve. Thomas luxuriates in a conservative donor’s uber-wealth Gifts lavished on Thomas and his crusading wife, …

The Supreme Court has adopted a conduct code, but who will enforce it?
1 year, 1 month ago

The Supreme Court has adopted a conduct code, but who will enforce it?

Raw Story  

This article originally appeared in ProPublica, a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. The new Supreme Court code’s lack of any apparent enforcement process is “the elephant in the room,” said Stephen Vladeck, a law professor at the University of Texas who studies the court. “The Supreme Court’s promulgation of a code of conduct today is of surpassing historic significance,” former federal …

US Supreme Court announces new code of ethics for justices
1 year, 1 month ago

US Supreme Court announces new code of ethics for justices

Al Jazeera  

The code, which appears to lack an enforcement mechanism, was adopted after media reports detailed ethics questions surrounding some Supreme Court members. The Supreme Court of the United States has announced its first formal code of ethics governing the conduct of its nine justices, following months of outside pressure over revelations of undisclosed luxury trips and gifts from wealthy benefactors. …

Opinion: The Supreme Court finally has a code of ethics, but it has a fatal flaw
1 year, 1 month ago

Opinion: The Supreme Court finally has a code of ethics, but it has a fatal flaw

LA Times  

Revelations about Justice Clarence Thomas have highlighted the need for justices to be recused when they have conflicts of interest. Although it is welcome and overdue that the Supreme Court finally adopted an ethics code for its justices on Monday, the approach is seriously flawed in that it includes no enforcement mechanism. Until Monday, every judge in the country — …

The Supreme Court says it is adopting a code of ethics, but it has no means of enforcement
1 year, 1 month ago

The Supreme Court says it is adopting a code of ethics, but it has no means of enforcement

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday adopted its first code of ethics, in the face of sustained criticism over undisclosed trips and gifts from wealthy benefactors to some justices, but the code lacks a means of enforcement. “To dispel this misunderstanding, we are issuing this Code, which largely represents a codification of principles that we have long regarded as …

The Supreme Court is now adopting a code of ethics for justices
1 year, 1 month ago

The Supreme Court is now adopting a code of ethics for justices

NPR  

The Supreme Court is now adopting a code of ethics for justices The U.S. Supreme Court is adopting a code of ethics for its justices — a first — amid mounting criticism of gifts and trips from wealthy benefactors to certain justices. ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: For the first time, the U.S. Supreme Court is adopting a code of ethics for …

Justice Barrett expresses support for a formal US Supreme Court ethics code in Minnesota speech
1 year, 2 months ago

Justice Barrett expresses support for a formal US Supreme Court ethics code in Minnesota speech

Associated Press  

MINNEAPOLIS — U.S. Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett said Monday that it would be a good idea for the nation’s highest court to adopt a formal code of conduct, but she said the nine justices already agree that they should hold themselves to the highest ethical standards possible. “I will say this, there is no lack of consensus among …

Justice Kagan supports ethics code but says Supreme Court divided on how to proceed
1 year, 4 months ago

Justice Kagan supports ethics code but says Supreme Court divided on how to proceed

Associated Press  

PORTLAND, Ore. — Justice Elena Kagan publicly declared her support for an ethics code for the U.S. Supreme Court but said there was no consensus among the justices on how to proceed, suggesting the high court is grappling with public concerns over its ethics practices. Her comments put her at odds with her fellow court member Justice Samuel Alito, who …

Justice Alito says Congress lacks the power to impose an ethics code on the Supreme Court
1 year, 4 months ago

Justice Alito says Congress lacks the power to impose an ethics code on the Supreme Court

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Justice Samuel Alito says Congress lacks the power to impose a code of ethics on the Supreme Court, making him the first member of the court to take a public stand against proposals in Congress to toughen ethics rules for justices in response to increased scrutiny of their activities beyond the bench. Democrats last week pushed Supreme Court …

Alito: Congress can't impose ethics code on Supreme Court
1 year, 4 months ago

Alito: Congress can't impose ethics code on Supreme Court

LA Times  

Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. is the only Supreme Court member to publicly address proposals in Congress on ethics rules. Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. says Congress lacks the power to impose a code of ethics on the Supreme Court, making him the first member of the court to take a public stand against proposals in Congress to toughen ethics …

Editorial: The Supreme Court needs ethics reform. That shouldn’t be a partisan issue
1 year, 7 months ago

Editorial: The Supreme Court needs ethics reform. That shouldn’t be a partisan issue

LA Times  

Thanks to recent reports about financial and personal dealings by members of the Supreme Court — including lavish trips bestowed upon Justice Clarence Thomas by a friend and prominent Republican donor — the public has become aware of a troubling fact: Unlike other federal judges, justices aren’t bound by the Code of Conduct for United States Judges. Fortunately, there is …

Supreme Court under fresh pressure to adopt code of ethics
1 year, 10 months ago

Supreme Court under fresh pressure to adopt code of ethics

CNN  

Washington CNN — For decades, Supreme Court justices have dodged questions related to conflicts of interest by saying essentially “Trust us” or “We’re different.” They’ve refused to be bound by an official ethics code and grievance procedures that cover other federal judges. More than that, this absence potentially imperils the legitimacy of all American courts and the American judicial system, …

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