The Supreme Court can’t stop reminding us that it doesn’t have an ethics code. This time, attention is on Chief Justice John Roberts. (via Deadline: Legal Blog)
. But it shows why the public deserves more robust financial disclosures and that one of the reasons the court should have its own, binding ethics code is to provide more clarity and public confidence in situations like these.
The Times reported that a Supreme Court spokesperson said Roberts and his wife had “consulted” the judicial code of conduct — which only binds lower federal judges — including athat says recusal isn’t necessary “merely because” a spouse worked as a recruiter for a firm with issues before the court. That may well be true, but it would be better to have clearer guidance for the justices that they can not only “consult” but also be bound by in some way.
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