Supreme Court: America’s most powerful justices give each other a code of conduct

Judges and Supreme Court of Justice They agreed to a code of conduct for the first time in US history. This was stated in a statement issued by the Supreme Court on Monday afternoon (local time). The document describes, among other things, When do you withdraw from the case? – For example, because of “personal bias” or “financial interest”.

It remains unclear who is responsible for enforcing the Code of Conduct and what the penalties are for non-compliance. In the document, the Chief Justices acknowledge that this may require additional resources. You should now check it out.

There is no corresponding set of rules for Supreme Court justices

Reports about expensive gifts given by Texas real estate tycoon Harlan Crowe to Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas have previously sparked debate about ethics – and in addition to Thomas, his colleagues have also emerged. While federal judges in the United States are already subject to a code of conduct, there was no corresponding set of rules for the most powerful court in the United States until Monday’s announcement.

“For the most part, these rules and principles are not new,” the document states in the introduction. However, the lack of a uniformly defined line has led to a “misunderstanding” that chief judges, unlike other lawyers in the country, do not feel bound by any ethical rules.

According to a report by the investigative publication ProPublica, major conservative donor Crowe, among other things, donated to Thomas a trip to Indonesia in 2019, which the conservative judge and his wife, Jenny, spent on Crowe’s yacht. They were also traveling on his private plane. The 75-year-old judge then filed a report and stated that he had been advised not to take scheduled flights for safety reasons. The background is his negative stance on abortion rights and the leftists’ violent reaction to it.

On the Supreme Court, whose nine justices are appointed for life and issue groundbreaking social and political rulings, Thomas typically represents strongly conservative positions.

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