# It should be required of a SCOTUS judge to discern moral righteousness **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [April 11, 2023, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-should-be-required-of-a-scotus-judge-to-discern-moral-righteousness/982525 "2023-04-11T15:25:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 5
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2023, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-should-be-required-of-a-scotus-judge-to-discern-moral-righteousness/982525/5 "2023-04-11T16:24:38Z")
I think something @Dinsdale posted in the Clarence Thomas thread is worth quoting here: > [@Clarence Thomas secretly accepted luxury vacations from GOP donor without disclosing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clarence-thomas-secretly-accepted-luxury-vacations-from-gop-donor-without-disclosing/982252/116): > > 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. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-should-be-required-of-a-scotus-judge-to-discern-moral-righteousness/982525)._