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.
It’s more than that. Punishments or not, what it does is set clear standards. If you do this, you are in the wrong, kinda thing. It leaves it less ambiguous, and makes it easier for them to be judged.
Except it doesn’t set any clear standards. It deliberately keeps the standards as vague "should"s while making presumption of their having followed them mandatory. Even then, the exceptions to even those "should"s are gaping holes that swallow the rules.
It’s more than that. Punishments or not, what it does is set clear standards. If you do this, you are in the wrong, kinda thing. It leaves it less ambiguous, and makes it easier for them to be judged.
Except it doesn’t set any clear standards. It deliberately keeps the standards as vague "should"s while making presumption of their having followed them mandatory. Even then, the exceptions to even those "should"s are gaping holes that swallow the rules.
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