Breaking Down the Supreme Court’s Code of Ethics

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🗓️ 22 November 2023

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Last week the Supreme Court announced that it adopted a formal code of ethics, endorsed by all nine Justices. In this episode, Professor Daniel Epps of Washington University School of Law and Professor Stephen Vladeck of the University of Texas School of Law join Jeffrey Rosen to break down the Supreme Court ethics code and explore questions about how it will be applied and enforced. Resources: Supreme Court of the United States, Statement of the Court Regarding the Code of Conduct, Nov. 13, 2023 Daniel Epps and Will Baude, “Easy Win,” Divided Argument (podcast) Steve Vladeck, “One and a Half Cheers for the Supreme Court,” One First substack, Nov. 16, 2023. Steve Vladeck, “Opinion: The Supreme Court code of conduct misses this big thing,” CNN, Nov. 14, 2023 Steve Vladeck, “An Article III Inspector-General,” One First substack, Oct. 19, 2023. Epps, Daniel and Trammell, Alan M., “The False Promise of Jurisdiction Stripping” (March 8, 2023). Columbia Law Review, Forthcoming. Questions or comments about the show? Email us at [email protected].  Continue today’s conversation on Facebook and Twitter using @ConstitutionCtr.  Sign up to receive Constitution Weekly, our email roundup of constitutional news and debate, at bit.ly/constitutionweekly.  You can find transcripts for each episode on the podcast pages in our Media Library.

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0:00.0	Last week the Supreme Court announced that it has formally adopted a code of ethics
0:04.3	endorsed by all nine justices.
0:08.1	Hello friends, I'm Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution Center and welcome to We The People, a weekly show of constitutional debate.
0:16.6	The National Constitution Center is a nonpartisan nonprofit chartered by Congress to increase awareness
0:21.8	and understanding of the Constitution among the American
0:24.8	people.
0:25.8	In this episode of We The People, we'll dive into the new Supreme Court ethics code and we'll
0:30.4	discuss outstanding questions about how it'll be applied and enforced.
0:34.4	Joining me to discuss this important question is Professor Daniel Epps of Washington University School of Law
0:41.3	and Professor Stephen Vlodak of the University of Texas School of Law and Professor Stephen Vlodek of the University of Texas
0:44.0	School of Law. Daniel Epps is a professor at Washington University School of
0:48.3	Law. His work focuses on Supreme Court Reform and he's co-written with Ganesh Sideraman
0:54.0	about proposals to reform the Supreme Court.
0:56.5	He currently co-hosts divided argument
0:58.6	with Professor William Bode, a podcast
1:01.0	that analyzes the court's work.
1:02.8	Daniel, it's great to have you back on We The People.
1:05.6	Glad to be here, Jeff.
1:06.4	Thank you.
1:07.5	And Steve Lottick holds the Charles Allen Wright chair
1:10.3	in federal courts at the University of Texas School of Law.
1:13.0	He's the co-host together with Professor Bobby Chesney of the National Security Law
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