Supreme Court’s fig-leaf ethics code hasn’t swayed public opinion

The U.S. Supreme Court did little to sway the public’s negative opinion of it by finally conceding it should have a code of ethics. Two new surveys show that the court is as unpopular as ever and that the electorate supports Congress both investigating the justices’ ties with partisan megadonors and imposing new ethics rules on them.

A YouGov survey for Demand Justice released Tuesday, which was conducted after the court announced the code, found that 74% of voters say “Congress should pass a stricter code of ethics for the Supreme Court that does not leave the justices to police themselves, and Congress should investigate the ties between justices and political mega donors.”