Washington, D.C. — Today, the U.S. Supreme Court announced that the justices had agreed to adopt a code of conduct. In response, Devon Ombres, senior director for Courts and Legal Policy at the Center ...

The Supreme Court issued its first-ever code of conduct on Monday following reports of undisclosed trips and other favors that sparked criticism and put pressure on the justices to adopt a set of ...

Rep. Hank Johnson (D-Ga.) said during a Wednesday hearing on a possible Supreme Court code of ethics that he was “alarmed” by Justice Clarence Thomas not recusing himself from certain decisions given ...

Roth’s group has pushed for a new ethics code for the court, more detailed and timely financial disclosures, a ban on owning individual stocks, disclosure of public appearances outside the court, ...

Although it is welcome and overdue that the Supreme Court finally adopted an ethics code for its justices on Monday, the approach is seriously flawed in that it includes no enforcement mechanism.

The federal judiciary will make no inquiries about whether a judge may have violated the Code of Conduct. The whole burden of proof rests entirely on the complainant.

The code of conduct issued on Monday, following reports of undisclosed travel and gifts, includes no enforcement mechanism and lets individual justices decide ethics questions for themselves. By Adam ...

NPR's A Martinez talks to Amanda Frost, a law professor at the University of Virginia, who testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Supreme Court ethics. The Supreme Court has adopted its ...