By Andrew Chung and John Kruzel
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday announced the adoption of a formal code of conduct to govern the ethical behavior of its nine justices, bowing to months of outside pressure over mounting revelations related to undisclosed luxury trips and hobnobbing with wealthy benefactors.
Unlike other members of the federal judiciary, the Supreme Court’s nine life-tenured justices had long acted with no binding ethics code.
(Reporting by Andrew Chung in New York; Editing by Will Dunham)
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