So, you know that New Hampshire Public Radio, the organization we work for, has a handbook,

right?

Yeah.

And that handbook has a bunch of stuff in it.

It's about working hours, benefits, hiring practices, but it also has rules.

Rules about how you should behave in the workplace, how you should conduct yourself

in public, a code of conduct, if you will.

Right.

First, there's usually something about what happens if you don't follow those rules.

But Nick, why are we talking about this?

Well, even though it might not be a handbook, Hannah, most workplaces, including the federal

government, have codes of conduct that set expectations and hold people accountable.

And when it comes to our federal government, in particular, many of these codes of conduct

are publicly available.

Which I suppose makes sense because our government is ultimately accountable to the people.

It is indeed, but there is one corner of our federal government, a rather important corner,

if you will, that seems to operate a little differently.

The Supreme Court is considered probably the most powerful court in the world.

So it's very important to make sure that they are not biased in favor or against particular

parties, but the justices have largely been unregulated to a large extent.

And they're just mostly it's relied on norms over time.

This is Tonya Jacoby.

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