The Judicial Conference on Tuesday adopted revisions to the federal judiciary’s code of conduct aimed at broadening and clarifying how judges should handle conflicts of interest and the “appearance of impropriety.” The conference also agreed to ask Congress to create 63 new judgeships — 12 appeals court judges and 51 at the district court level.
As usual, the conference, which is the policymaking body for the federal judiciary, met behind closed doors at the U.S. Supreme Court, with Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. presiding.
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