Supreme Court justices, recusal, and the Code of Conduct for United States Judges

In August of 2017, Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch spoke at an event at the Washington D.C. Trump Hotel. Due to various concerns that his appearance at this event raised various questions of judicial ethics, a flurry of news reports ensued, some of which criticized Gorsuch for having participated in the event. In 2004, Vice President Dick Cheney went on a hunting trip with Justice Scalia at a time when  Cheney had a matter pending in his official capacity before the Supreme Court. Again, immediately after this event took place, various news and other sources questioned whether it raised judicial ethics concerns. While this article takes no position on the ethics issues if any that are implicated in these events, it is instructive to explore how the Supreme Court justices address matters of judicial ethics that may from time to time confront individual members of the Court. Supreme Court Justices and the Code of Conduct for United States Judges In 1973, the Judicial…

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