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He sure is acting like it.

Justice Amy Coney Barrett said it would be a "good idea" for the Supreme Court to adopt a code of conduct.

Supreme Court justices will gather behind closed doors Tuesday for their first meeting back in Washington since leaving for the high court’s summer recess. At the so-called “long conference,” the justices will weigh whether to take up roughly 950 cases that have piled up over the past three months. History indicates they will ultimately reject…

Photo Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/Getty/ReutersOn April 25, all nine justices of the U.S. Supreme Court signed a Statement on Ethics Principles and Practices, which they submitted to the Senate Judiciary Committee.“In regard to recusal,” the justices unanimously declared that they “follow the same general principles and statutory standards as other federal judges.”It took Justice Samuel Alito less than five months to renege on his written commitment to his colleagues and the

His defiance over ethics concerns only drives home their importance, and how much more robust standards need to be applied to the high court.