Supreme Court justices should continue livestreaming argument audio post-pandemic and one day soon allow cameras. They should end their demonstration ban on their front plaza. They should maintain their papers and release a portion of them to the public the same way former presidents do. Access to filings in the lower courts should be free and not stuck behind a $0.10 per page paywall.
Read moreSupreme Court justices should serve no longer than 18 years, after which they'd serve on lower courts and/or fill in on SCOTUS when there's an unexpected vacancy.
Read moreSupreme Court justices should promulgate and follow a formal code of ethics like all other federal judges.
Read moreSupreme Court justices and lower court judges should not own individual stocks and should be more thoughtful and transparent about their conflicts of interest.
Read moreJudges and justices should be subject to the same travel, gift and personal hospitality rules as members of Congress and the executive branch. The online financial disclosures database that the judiciary published in Nov. 2022 should include every judge and justice's annual financial disclosure report (as of March 28, 2023, it's missing 44% of them).
Read moreSupreme Court justices should advise the public of their appearances outside of the court and allow media coverage for most of them.
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