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US Supreme Court announces formal ethics code for justices
(www.reuters.com)
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To me, it feels like this is just written confirmation that they functionally have no code of ethics. They've been dodging the question for months, so I guess this is progress?
More to the point, there are some perfectly suitable rules that every other federal judge is bound to, we don't need a new set of rules at all.
I mean, aren't they just saying they have to promise bribes aren't impacting their decisions while confirming they can definitely use official resources for unofficial reasons?
Seems like it's just codifying the wrong things.
I think you and I agree, we just phrased the same idea in two different ways