U.S. Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett speaks at Northrop Auditorium as part of the Stein Lecture Series in Minneapolis, Monday, Oct. 16, 2023. MINNEAPOLIS —U.S. Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett said Monday that it would be a good idea for the nation’s highest court to adopt a formal code of conduct, but she said the nine justices already agree that they should hold themselves to the highest ethical standards possible.
Barrett went further than she did in August when she told a judicial conference in Wisconsin that she welcomed public scrutiny of the high court, but stopped short of commenting on whether she thinks the court should change how it operates in the face of growing ethics concerns. She did not offer any opinion nor did she speak directly about calls for the justices to adopt an official code of conduct.
“I think that’s something that I can’t really speak for the court about or make any sort of guess,” she said. More than 200 people peacefully protested outside the auditorium. Freshman Sean Colfer, 18, said the university keeps “hammering on these ideas of diversity, equity and inclusion,” but that Barrett doesn’t represent those principles.The Supreme Court has been tipped further to the right by the three justices named by former President Donald Trump, including Barrett. Public trust in the institution fell to a 50-year low following a series of polarizing rulings, including the overturning of Roe v.
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