It should be required of a SCOTUS judge to discern moral righteousness

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I think something @Dinsdale posted in the Clarence Thomas thread is worth quoting here:

@Dinsdale

Just to make clear for any non-lawyers, non-federal employees, non-judges.

In law school, EVERY student has to take a course on ethics.
Every aspiring lawyer has to pass a test on ethics, and be cleared by some panel on things ethical.
Every lawyer has to pay annual dues to a a state organization enforcing professional responsibility, and present character references to be admitted to practice in front of certain courts.
Every federal employee receives annual training and reminds on ethics.
I’m not sure the training for Article 3 judges, but there are accepted codes of Judicial ethics.
This guy was an Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, and headed the EEOC, two positions/entities that were somewhat concerned with impropriety AND the appearance of impropriety.