The Supreme Court of the United States has announced its first formal code of ethics governing the conduct of its nine justices, following months of outside pressure over revelations of undisclosed luxury trips and gifts from wealthy benefactors.The policy, agreed to by all justices and put in place on Monday, does not appear to impose any enforcement mechanism and leaves compliance entirely up to each justice, critics noted.The nine members of the nation’s highest court are the only federal judges not explicitly subject to ethical oversight, and pressure has been mounting from Democrats in the Senate for them to adopt a code of conduct.
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