"The Supreme Court announced Tuesday that it will now employ software to help the justices identify when they should probably recuse themselves from cases. We say "probably," because there's still no actually enforceable ethics code binding Supreme Court justices and the Chief Justice has made very clear that he will ignore any attempt to impose one. Instead, the Supreme Court drafted a 14-page pinky swear that they will follow some of the same rules that bind lower court judges."
"To be clear, lower court judges have been using conflict-checking software since 2007. The Supreme Court first hinted that it might start using conflict-checking software in 2023. After that, the Court went silent and just continued running its recusal process with all the organization and transparency of the worst owner in your fantasy football league on draft day. Eight hundred and twenty-seven days later: mission accomplished!"
The Supreme Court will use software to help justices identify when they should recuse themselves from cases. There is no enforceable ethics code binding Supreme Court justices, and the Chief Justice opposes imposing one. The Court issued a 14-page pledge to follow some rules that bind lower court judges, barring justices from hearing matters where they have direct financial stakes, and requiring parties to include stock ticker symbols. Lower court judges have used conflict-checking software since 2007, and the Supreme Court took 827 days to adopt similar measures, producing only modest change given limited individual stock ownership among most justices.
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