Lawmakers Cautioned on Imposing Code of Conduct on Justices

Scholars raised concern Friday about a #MeToo-inspired congressional proposal for a code of ethics for U.S. Supreme Court justices.

Russell Wheeler, a visiting fellow at the Brookings Institution who focuses on U.S. judicial systems, and Charles Gardner Geyh of Indiana University law school, told a House subcommittee that they believed the high court should follow such a protocol.

But they opposed a provision in proposed legislation directing the Judicial Conference of the U.S., which is headed by the Supreme Court chief justice but is comprised of lower court judges, to develop one.

Giving the conference that responsibility would run ...