Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson says she’s ‘considering’ supporting ‘enforceable’ Supreme Court ethics rules

• Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson said in an interview with CBS Evening News that she is open to imposing enforceable ethics rules on her and other justices
• “It’s pretty standard for judges to have binding ethics rules, so I guess the question is, is the Supreme Court any different?” she noted in the interview.
• Jackson is also preparing to release her first memoir, cute oneto be released on Tuesday, September 3

Justice Kotanji Brown Jackson is open to enforceable ethics rules by the Supreme Court.

In an interview with CBS Evening News on Sunday, September 1, Jackson said she was “considering” supporting a plan to enforce a code of conduct for judges enacted in November 2023.

“It’s pretty standard for judges to have binding ethics rules, so I guess the question is, is the Supreme Court any different?” she said in an interview. “I guess I haven’t seen a compelling reason why this court is different from other courts.”

Jackson went on to say that she was “considering supporting it as a general issue. I won’t comment on specific policy proposals. But from my perspective, I don’t have any problem with enforceable guidelines.”

The interview was her first broadcast since she was sworn in as the country’s first black female judge.

Jackson also said she personally abides by “the rules about moral obligations, whatever they are.”

“In my opinion, it’s important to do that. It really comes down to impartiality, that’s what the rules are about,” she said, adding that the public has a right to know whether a judge has accepted a gift that might affect his or her interests. Considered persuasive behavior.

The Supreme Court’s ethics rules have long been criticized by politicians. President Joe Biden proposed a three-part Supreme Court reform plan in July, one of which would include enforcing an ethics code that he said is currently “weak and self-enforcing.”

“I served as a U.S. Senator for 36 years, including as Chairman and Ranking Member of the Judiciary Committee. I oversaw more Supreme Court nominations as a Senator, Vice President, and President than anyone alive today. I have the utmost respect for our institutions and the separation of powers ,” Biden wrote in an op-ed. washington post.

“What is happening now is abnormal and it undermines public confidence in court decisions, including those that affect individual liberty,” he continued at the time.

Ethics concerns have grown in recent years, particularly after two justices — conservatives Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito — refused to distance themselves from cases with potential conflicts of interest and failed to disclose wealthy Republican donors of various gifts.

“Scandals involving multiple judges have led to public questions about the Court’s impartiality and independence, which is critical to faithfully fulfilling its mission of equal justice under the law,” Biden wrote.

“I call on the Supreme Court to establish a binding code of conduct. This is common sense,” he continued. “All other federal judges are bound by enforceable rules of conduct and the Supreme Court has no reason to be exempt.”

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Meanwhile, Jackson is preparing to release her first memoir, cute onewill be released on Tuesday, September 3rd. “My journey was unlikely,” Jackson said in a statement in January. “But the road was paved by brave men and women in whose footsteps I followed, road warriors like my parents, and luminaries in the legal profession whose brilliance and tenacity lighted my path. This memoir combines the public record of my life with the lesser known.

She spoke about her book in an interview with CBS Evening News, saying: “I was born within five years of the Civil Rights Act, the Voting Rights Act, so they said this is our opportunity to make sure our daughters can do all the Things My parents made me believe I could do anything I wanted to do.