Justices Should Swear. But Only Once In Public.

Did you know that any and every federal judge in the country must agree to abide by an official code of conduct? Well they do. All, that is, except the nine members of the Supreme Court.  In other words, all federal justices must agree to be good and honest and especially not be a part of any political movements. That's right. In effect, they are supposed to be independents.  Above politics. But not Supreme Court justices. And some are proving they don't want to be neutral. Now there's a pretty good reason for this requirement. There was a lot of screaming a few years back about judicial activism on the bench. They wanted that changed. So the new Chief Justice was appointed by George W. Bush. Then he got to appoint another one. Now the court has five conservative justices to four liberals. The problem is not that they are conservative or liberal, the problem is that they are now more politically active then ever. It's far past time the Supreme Court Justices be required to swear to and abide by the same code of ethics all other federal judges must agree to. That's not being unfair. It's not being partisan. It's not being prejudicial. It's just being fair and reasonable. And even honest. Honesty, after all, is not such a terrible thing. I would expect that any judge hearing a case I might have, would be at the very least, honest. If I found out he was too friendly with the opposing side, I'd be a bit miffed. Maybe even madder then that.