Conduct Unbecoming : The Ethics Crisis at the Supreme Court and How Legitimacy Can Be Restored.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Painter, Richard W.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Conflict of interests.

Judicial ethics.

Judicial independence.

Separation of powers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (209 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 2026.

Summary:

Conduct Unbecoming: The Ethics Crisis at the Supreme Court and How Legitimacy Can be Restored examines the ethics crisis on the Supreme Court, how the justices claim to comply with judicial ethics rules but do not do so, and the collapse in public confidence in the Court that follows.

Contents:

Cover

Title page

Copyright page

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1 Choosing Judges and Justices

2 Financial Conflicts of Interest

3 Political Conflicts of Interest

4 Why Can't the Supreme Court Fix Its Ethics Problem?

5 Are the Justices Absolutely Immune and Other Separation of Powers Questions

6 An Inspector General for the Judiciary

7 Other Ethics Reforms for the Supreme Court

8 Impeachment and Other Things Congress Can Do About the Court

9 Will Term Limits Help?

10 Do We Need a Constitutional Amendment to Fix the Court?

Conclusion

Index.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-783229-6

0-19-783228-8

OCLC:

1582163969