‘I don’t like the candidates,’ ‘I don’t know enough to make a decision,’ ‘I don’t want to give this election legitimacy’ – an ethicist takes on nonvoters.
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas sits with his wife, conservative activist Virginia Thomas, in October 2021.
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Lower federal court judges follow a formal code of ethics, but this does not apply to Supreme Court justices, leaving potential conflicts of interest unchecked.
Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in her Supreme Court chambers in Washington.
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Does a foundation’s award of a US$1 million prize to Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg raise ethical questions? It’s hard to tell, because the court has no published ethics guidelines.