Anti-corruption enforcement capacityinstitutional
0.60Strengthened
policyneeds reviewconfidence: medium
US Supreme Court adopts its first-ever code of conduct
On 13 November 2023 the US Supreme Court, in a statement signed by all nine justices and led by Chief Justice John Roberts, adopted its first formal code of conduct, setting out ethics principles to guide the justices and largely derived from the existing code for lower federal judges. The move followed reporting on undisclosed luxury travel and gifts received by some justices. Court-reform advocates and several lawmakers criticised the code for lacking any enforcement mechanism.
- This fact
- Driver1
- Indicators4
What happened
On 13 November 2023 the US Supreme Court, in a statement signed by all nine justices and led by Chief Justice John Roberts, adopted its first formal code of conduct, setting out ethics principles to guide the justices and largely derived from the existing code for lower federal judges. The move followed reporting on undisclosed luxury travel and gifts received by some justices. Court-reform advocates and several lawmakers criticised the code for lacking any enforcement mechanism.
Organizations involved
Affected drivers
Causal network
This fact’s slice of Factrail’s verified causal web — the people, facts, drivers and welfare indicators it connects to. Select any node to trace a path.
Loading network…