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NYT report leads to calls for ethics code for Supreme Court justices

The New York Times reported over the weekend that a whistleblower says in 2014, an activist at a dinner with Justice Samuel Alito and his wife was told about a Supreme Court decision before it was released. That report is prompting calls for Justices to follow an ethics code, like lower court judges.

Here & Now‘s Robin Young speaks with Amanda Frost, law professor at the University of Virginia.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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