Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson says she’s open to enforceable ethics code for Supreme Court

WASHINGTON — Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson said she does not “have any problem” with an enforceable ethics code for the Supreme Court, as the nation’s highest court continues to face questions over its ethics practices amid calls from Democrats for stricter rules. In an interview with “CBS Evening News” anchor and managing editor Norah O’Donnell for “CBS Sunday Morning,” Jackson suggested she is open to a means of enforcing the code of conduct issued by the Supreme Court in November 2023. “I am considering supporting it as a general matter,” she told O’Donnell of an enforcement mechanism. “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.” Jackson’s remarks were made during her first broadcast interview since she joined the court in June 2022. She is the first Black female justice. The interview came ahead of the release of her memoir, “Lovely One.” Jackson said a binding ethics code is “pretty standard” for judges on the nation’s district and appeals courts. Federal judges have been subject to a code of conduct since 1973, but it does not cover Supreme Court justices. The court, for the first...