Barrett Says US Supreme Court Ethics Code Is a ‘Good Idea’ (1)

US Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett said she’s in favor of the court adopting a formal ethics code.

“I think it would be a good idea for us to do it, particularly so that we can communicate to the public exactly what it is that we’re doing in a clear way,” she said while speaking at the University of Minnesota Law School on Monday in Minneapolis.

Democrats and outside interest groups began calling on the court to adopt a formal code of conduct after ProPublica published a series of reports detailing how Justice Clarence Thomas has ...