US Supreme Court Adopts First Code of Conduct Following Ethics Controversies
- New code doesn’t include enforcement or complaint mechanisms
- Justices were under scrutiny following ethics revelations
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The US Supreme Court adopted a code of conduct for the first time, responding to a stream of ethics controversies that have undercut its public standing and shined new light on the justices’ friendships and financial dealings.
The code won’t necessarily mean significant changes in how the nine justices conduct themselves. The court said the rules were mostly a “codification” of existing principles, and the justices stopped short of creating a system for the public to lodge complaints or for outside review of alleged violations.