Amna Nawaz:
The nine justices of the Supreme Court handed down a surprise unanimous decision today, binding themselves to a new code of ethics.
Here's how they explained it, writing: "The absence of a code has led in recent years to the misunderstanding that the justices of this court, unlike other jurists in this country, regard themselves as unrestricted by any ethics rules. To dispel this misunderstanding, we are issuing this code."
To unpack the court's new rules, we welcome Kathleen Clark, a law professor with Washington University in St. Louis specializing in legal and government ethics.
Professor Clark, put this moment in context for us. For the first time in the court's 234-year history, it's adopting a code of ethics. How big a deal is this?
Kathleen Clark, Washington University of Saint Louis: This is not a very big deal.
It does show that the Supreme Court can read the room. It knew that it had to do something to address the political and ethics crisis that it finds itself in. But in terms of substance, this new code does very little. And it provides no new mechanisms for holding justices accountable when they violate the rules.
The Link LonkNovember 14, 2023 at 06:40AM
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