Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton joined calls for establishing an “enforceable” code of ethics for Supreme Court justices following ethical controversies surrounding Justice Clarence Thomas.
Clinton said on Friday at a conference for the nonprofit she co-founded with fellow former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, Vital Voices Global Partnership, that lower courts, circuit courts, members of Congress and candidates running for office all have enforceable ethics codes, but the highest court in the country does not.
“Why should they be the only institution in the United States without a code of ethics that is enforceable?” Clinton said.