Enforced how? The honor system?
A code without teeth is not a code. It’s just an idea.
It’s more of a suggestion.
It’s not even a suggestion. It’s an appeasement hoping it gets people off their back and looking the other way. I’d be very, very surprised if they actually believed in this and felt it suggested better behaviour, considering it’s being implemented after they got caught.
A kindly, quiet, soft-spoken suggestion.
We need a DOJ probe into wide-spread bribery in the court already. Charges should be filed wherever appropriate.
“Undisclosed gifts”
Calling them gifts makes it seem like someone got a pair of socks. Clarence Thomas was given 38 vacations, 26 private jet flights, and a hell of a lot more from multiple different billionaires. These are bribes that are bigger in value than most American’s yearly salaries.
There is no enforcement mechanism. This is an ethics suggestion, not a code. Ridiculous.
Not enforceable, not retrospective and not policed. Time for laws.
I can already hear Barbossa
“the code is more what you’d call ‘guidelines’ than actual rules.”
If anyone wants the source document. Here you go. https://www.supremecourt.gov/about/code-of-conduct-for-justices.aspx
Also , reads like accepting bribes was misunderstanding. We’re clearing it up now with no penalty for next time it happens
Name a time a politician has been given a “gift” worth mentioning without an ulterior motive.
There is no such thing as “gifts” in politics. They’re bribes.
I’ll believe it when one of them resigns
Let me guess which ones have already figured out ways to skirt whatever new rules they are proposing.
No need to “skirt” the code. It has no teeth at all. They can violate it all they want without any accountability.
Breaking: Clarence Thomas rules November 13th constitutionally guaranteed ‘Opposite Day’ according to review of the *mumble* amendment.
I only had time to skim the rules for now, so I hope I’m wrong, but there doesn’t appear to be any mention of 3rd party oversight or punishment for breaking these rules. If so, it’s basically a pinkie promise by the wolves to stop getting into the henhouse, and they’ll definitely self-report if they do.
