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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Sep 25, 2023

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan said on Friday it would “be a good thing” for the court to adopt a code of ethics, even if it had to be slightly different than the one for lower court judges, Courthouse News Service reports. Speaking at Notre Dame Law School, Kagan said ethics guidelines would “help in our own compliance with the rules, and it would, I think, go far in persuading other people that we were adhering to the highest standards of conduct.” She went on to say there are legitimate concerns with the court just adopting the code of ethics applicable to lower courts but said the rules could be adapted to reflect certain differences.