At the very least, the court should make itself subject to the code of conduct that applies to the rest of the federal judiciary.
But I disagree — and, more to the point, so does the code of conduct that applies to all federal judges except for the justices.
The study dealt only with state courts, but the logic of this central recommendation applies to federal courts as well, and the code of conduct for lower federal courts incorporates this way of thinking.
An alliance of government watchdog groups has delivered 100,000 signatures to the Supreme Court along with a letter from law professors calling on the justices to voluntarily adopt the code of conduct that applies to all other federal judges.
Last Tuesday, an alliance of government watchdog groups delivered 100,000 signatures to the Supreme Court along with a letter from hundreds of law professors calling on the justices to voluntarily adopt the code of conduct that applies to all other federal judges and to reform how they handle requests for recusals.
The AIDCP has been an unqualified success and has diligently applied the relevant principles set forth in the Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries, in particular those aspects relating to the precautionary approach and the utilization of fishing gear and techniques which minimized the catch of non-target species and allowed for the enormous reduction in dolphin mortality that was achieved.
Once he had delivered his opinion, the code of conduct would immediately apply.
As Roberts explained in his report, the code of conduct does not apply to the Justices because of "a fundamental difference between the Supreme Court and the other federal courts".
He was responding to members of Congress, experts in legal ethics, and legal advocacy groups who wanted the Court to be subject to the Code of Conduct for United States Judges, which applies to all other federal judges.
Although the violations of the Code of Conduct and Sec.
