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 US Supreme Court responded to mounting ethics controversies with a signed by all nine justices vowing to follow “foundational ethics principles and practices,” but suggesting they see no need for ...
Taking into account the debates held at its 22nd session (UNESCO, 2019), the General Assembly of States Parties to the World Heritage Convention recalled the need to respect the highest standards of ...
The Supreme Court indicated Monday it will adopt a code of conduct amid heightened scrutiny over the high court’s standards when it comes to undisclosed gifts and trips. In a statement released ...
The Supreme Court has adopted its first-ever code of ethics, the justices announced Monday. The move comes in the wake of increased scrutiny into Justice Clarence Thomas‘ close relationship with ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is adopting its first code of ethics, in the face of sustained criticism over undisclosed trips and gifts from wealthy benefactors to some justices. Read the full ...
The Supreme Court on Monday issued a new "Code of Conduct" following months of heightened scrutiny from Senate Judiciary Democrats pushing for new ethics laws for the high court. "The undersigned ...
In the previous century, the primary focus for most companies was profit maximization for shareholders. In the last few decades, a shift from shareholder to stakeholder capitalism happened, and the ...
Critics of the Supreme Court’s ethics standards are viewing the justices’ new code of conduct as a step in the right direction, but they say it leaves much to be desired. Democrats are vowing to still ...
All nine justices signed on to guidelines as criticism from Congress and beyond put a new spotlight on the behavior of the high court Justices pose for their official photo at the Supreme Court in ...
Last week, the Supreme Court issued a first-ever code of conduct for Justices. It is not a set of rules designed to redress past ethical breaches and prevent future ones but rather a defense brief ...
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 ...