Mornings hearing on the federal judiciary in the 21st century for promoting, accountable, ethics and trips. I recognize myself for an Opening Statement. Today we begin the first in a series of hearings on the state of the federal judiciary in the 21st century. In this hearing we will investigate ideas for promoting ethics, accountability an transparency in the federal courts. We focus on these ideas in our first hearing on the judiciary because they flow from two foundational principles of due process. First, that no one can be a judge in his own case. Second, to quart felix frankfurter, quote, justice must satisfy the appearance of justice, end quote. Justice must satisfy the appearance of justice. Both rules embody the understanding that the constitutions implicit promise of equal justice under law depends on at least two things that our court must be fair, independent and impartial, and that we must also believe that our courts are fair, independent and impartial. Justice must satis
Charles Gardner Geyh is Distinguished Professor and John F. Kimberling Chair in Law, Indiana University Maurer School of Law. There are things to like about the Code of Conduct that the Supreme Court promulgated earlier this month. It is a bona fide code of conduct one that, in the main, tracks t
Emory Law’s Michael Broyde, Indiana Law School’s Charles Geyh, and Campaign Legal Center’s Danielle Caputo reflect on what the US Supreme Court’s new ethics code accomplishes and how it falls short.
At least 86 of the nation s federal judges will be 90 or older by the end of this year, according to a Newsweek analysis of Federal Judiciary Center data.