Last month, Fix the Court examined the 198 times Supreme Court justices stepped aside in cases this term at the cert. stage to see if we could understand the justices' decisions. We found a reason in all but five: one each from Breyer and Alito and three from Kagan.
In his testimony, Roth will discuss why the Supreme Court should adopt an ethics code, describe why judges and justices should give explanations for their periodic recusals and explain how the U.S. Courts could post financial disclosure reports online without comprising privacy.