Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson says she's open to an 'enforceable' Supreme Court ethics code
Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson said she is open to proposals to implement an "enforceable code" of ethics for justices and lamented the court's presidential immunity decision in an interview that aired Sunday.
Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson said she is open to proposals to implement an "enforceable code" of ethics for justices and lamented the court's presidential immunity decision in an interview that aired Sunday.
"A binding code of ethics is pretty standard for judges, and so I guess the question is 'Is the Supreme Court any different?'" Jackson asked in an interview on "CBS News Sunday Morning" about her new memoir, adding, "I guess I have not seen a persuasive reason as to why the [Supreme] Court is different than the other courts."
The issue of ethics on the Supreme Court has entered the public sphere in recent years as stories have emerged about justices' not disclosing certain lavish gifts on their ethics disclosure forms.
For example, Justice Clarence Thomas accepted lavish gifts and trips from GOP megadonor Harlan Crow. None of them were officially disclosed before ProPublica's reporting about on the trips and Crow last year.
Asked directly about the trips, Jackson said she was "not going to comment on other justices' interpretations of the rules or what they're doing."
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