• Melllvar@startrek.website
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    5 months ago

    A judge must avoid all impropriety and appearance of impropriety. This prohibition applies to both professional and personal conduct. A judge must expect to be the subject of constant public scrutiny and accept freely and willingly restrictions that might be viewed as burdensome by the ordinary citizen.

    https://www.uscourts.gov/judges-judgeships/code-conduct-united-states-judges

    Not that SCOTUS is held to the same code of conduct that all other federal judges are held to, of course.