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Wait, what?!? In the US, Supreme Court judges have no code of ethics?!?! If I'm not mistaken, here in Canada all judges are bound by a code of ethics: https://cjc-ccm.ca/sites/default/files/documents/2021/CJC_20-301_Ethical-Principles_Bilingual%20FINAL.pdf
Pretty sure it's the same in Australia. Our judges are also appointed by their legal peers who are also held to a pretty strict code of ethics. Breaches of these codes can result in being stripped of your right to practice law. These features combined limit this nonsense of partisan judges tthat the US seems to be afflicted with.
I remember when Dubya nominated someone who was vastly under qualified and actually got shot down for non-partisan reasons. It was a simpler time.
Harriet Miers.
No doubt if Trump were to get re-elected, he'd nominate Judge Aileen Cannon to the SCOTUS, with her 3 years of judicial experience and trail of questionable decisions.
Arguably Chaz might make a better judge ..
all the other judges have a code of ethic. scotus insists that it has a code of ethics too, but that it has to keep that code secret or people with business before the court will try to abuse that code of ethics in order to force unfavorable justices to recuse themselves. scotus also tells us that taking money, favors and gifts from people who have business before the court does not violate the secret code of ethics that they have. how a code of ethics that doesn't cover bribery differs from a code of ethics that doesn't exist at all has been left as an exercise to the reader.