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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Richard Luscombe

Amy Coney Barrett calls ethics code for scandal-hit supreme court ‘a good idea’

The US supreme court justice Amy Coney Barrett speaks with Professor Robert Stein at Northrop Auditorium in Minneapolis on Monday.
The US supreme court justice Amy Coney Barrett speaks with Professor Robert Stein at Northrop Auditorium in Minneapolis on Monday. Photograph: Richard Tsong-Taatarii/AP

The conservative supreme court justice Amy Coney Barrett has said she and her colleagues should be subject to a code of ethics, following a series of scandals that have dented public confidence in the nation’s highest bench.

The Donald Trump appointee was speaking on Monday at a sometimes raucous discussion at the University of Minnesota law school, the New York Times reported.

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