Ethics

For ten years as Associate Dean for Research, and for three years before that, I served on the executive committee of the medical school at Saint Louis University. From time to time, the question of conflict of interest came up, and the department chairs (all MDeities) were unanimous in asserting that they could set aside their parochial interests and vote in the larger interests of the university.

That's not what I observed.

So when the SCOTUS asserts that it can police its own ethics, I have to laugh out loud. They also regard themselves as deities.

Feh.

"All nine justices, in a rare step, on Tuesday released a joint statement reaffirming their voluntary adherence to a general code of conduct but rebutting proposals for independent oversight, mandatory compliance with ethics rules and greater transparency in cases of recusal.

"The implication, though not expressly stated, is that the court unanimously rejects legislation proposed by Democrats seeking to impose on the justices the same ethics obligations applied to all other federal judges."

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/9-supreme-court-justices-push-back-oversight-raises/story?id=98917921