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Supreme Court adopts code of conduct amid ethics scrutiny [View all]
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https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-code-of-conduct-rcna124951
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday announced it has adopted what it called a new code of conduct following allegations of ethics lapses.
The court issued a 14-page document that included five canons of conduct in addition to lengthy commentary.
"The undersigned justices are promulgating this Code of Conduct to set out succinctly and gather in one place the ethics rules and principles that guide the conduct of the Members of the Court," the justices said in an attached statement.
Most of the rules outlined in the code are not themselves new, the statement said, but the lack of a published code "has led in recent years to the misunderstanding that the justices of this court, unlike all other jurists in this country, regard themselves as unrestricted by any ethics rules."
Among other things the code requires justices to "uphold the integrity and independence of the judiciary" and "avoid impropriety and the appearance of impropriety in all activities."
The court issued a 14-page document that included five canons of conduct in addition to lengthy commentary.
"The undersigned justices are promulgating this Code of Conduct to set out succinctly and gather in one place the ethics rules and principles that guide the conduct of the Members of the Court," the justices said in an attached statement.
Most of the rules outlined in the code are not themselves new, the statement said, but the lack of a published code "has led in recent years to the misunderstanding that the justices of this court, unlike all other jurists in this country, regard themselves as unrestricted by any ethics rules."
Among other things the code requires justices to "uphold the integrity and independence of the judiciary" and "avoid impropriety and the appearance of impropriety in all activities."
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