Jackson made the comments on a Sunday morning TV show but said she was not endorsing a specific proposal.
Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson said Sept. 1 that she is open to an enforceable code of conduct being imposed on the justices.
Jackson, who replaced Justice Stephen Breyer in June 2022, made the comment on “CBS News Sunday Morning” during an interview centered on her upcoming memoir. “Lovely One” will be published by Penguin Random House on Sept. 3.
“A binding code of ethics is pretty standard for judges,” she said. “And so I guess the question is, ‘Is the Supreme Court any different?’ And I guess I have not seen a persuasive reason as to why the court is different than the other courts.”
Jackson said in principle she supports having an enforceable code but wasn’t endorsing any specific plan.
“I am considering supporting it as a general matter. I’m not going to get into commenting on particular policy proposals. But from my perspective, I don’t have any problem with an enforceable code.”
The justices approved a code of conduct governing their behavior last November but critics say the code is toothless because it relies on voluntary compliance.
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