Elena Kagan Calls For SCOTUS “Code Of Conduct”

USA Today reports:

Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan says she hopes colleagues will adopt an ethics “code of conduct,” while a new report details a relationship between Justice Clarence Thomas and conservative political activists.

New ethics rules would “go far in persuading other people that we were adhering to the highest standards of conduct,” Kagan said during a Friday speech at Notre Dame Law School. “I hope we can make progress.” Kagan did not mention Thomas or any other justice by name.

Her suggestion came the same day that ProPublica published another installment in a string of stories about Thomas and wealthy donors who have the potential of business before the court. The latest story concerns the Koch Brothers, philanthropists who have spent millions on behalf of various conservative causes.

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Her suggestion came the same day that ProPublica published another installment in a string of stories of Thomas’ relationship with wealthy donors. https://t.co/LYl7UbK2BH

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