The court’s judges have come across increased media scruityny since several of the High Courts ruling’s riled the country ….
The idea that the judges, who are lawyers, do NOT follow some sort of ‘rules’ like other Federal judges, IS rubbing people the wrong way, driving down the courts rep among Americans in the polls….
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett told attendees at a judicial conference in Wisconsin on Monday that she welcomed public scrutiny of the court. But she stopped short of commenting on whether she thinks the court should change how it operates in the face of recent criticism.
Barrett did not offer any opinion, or speak directly about, recent calls for the justices to institute an official code of conduct.
Why the Supreme Court refuses to adopt a Code of Conduct is totally absurd and speaks to nothing but pure arrogance.
Agreeded….
Of Course CONGRESS COULD just go ahead put in place, or make, the Supreme’s follow the rules and regs for OTHER Federal judges?
Ginni Thomas Sought to Profit from Court Decision
As the Supreme Court prepared to decide the Citizens United case that designated money as political speech, Ginni Thomas — wife of Justice Clarence Thomas — along with conservative activists quietly filed to create exactly the type of non-profit group that would benefit from the decision, Politico reports.
Thomas also had a rich backer: Harlan Crow, the billionaire who had helped Thomas and her husband in many ways, from funding luxury vacations to picking up tuition payments for their great-nephew….