CNN — Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas ended a monthslong saga last week by officially disclosing trips paid for by GOP megadonor Harlan Crow. The incident brought to light a key fact: Unlike other federal courts and the executive and legislative branches, the US Supreme Court does not have a formal ethics code. Americans, it turns out, don’t think the …
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UPSC Ethics Simplified draws your attention to a topic of greed vs. need in the form of a caselet. This caselet is an extension of the concept discussed on August 20 (Greed vs Need — The concept). It is advisable to revisit the concept article before reading the caselet below. Relevance: The topic is a part of UPSC CSE General Studies Paper-IV …
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CNN — Soon after he became chief justice of the United States, John Roberts faced what he believed was a “crisis” involving the judiciary: Federal judges were underpaid. What Roberts did next to address the situation stands in stark contrast to the way he has tiptoed through the current controversy over the Supreme Court’s integrity. As he pushed for a …
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Freedom of Expression vs. Ethics A debate that generally arises when ethics and codes of ethics are discussed is: To what extent are we restricting freedom of expression? What is the limit of freedom of expression? Personally, I think that in order to exercise the right to freedom of expression it is necessary to think about the repercussion of our …
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