2026年2月17日 美国东部时间下午6:09 / 路透社 / 约翰·克鲁泽报道
美国华盛顿最高法院大楼，2021年5月17日。路透社/乔纳森·恩斯特
- 摘要
- 法院于2023年为九名大法官制定了道德准则
- 大法官自行决定是否在案件中回避
- 若公正性能合理受到质疑，应建议回避
华盛顿，2月17日（路透社）- 美国最高法院周二宣布，已采用新软件，以协助确定案件是否可能对大法官构成潜在利益冲突。大法官自行决定是否在案件中回避参与。
法院发言人在一份声明中表示，该软件由法院信息技术办公室和其他法院工作人员开发，将把律师和纠纷当事人的信息与九名大法官各自办公室提供的某些信息进行比对。
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法院表示，这些”自动回避检查”将补充大法官为审查潜在冲突而进行的现有程序。
法院于2023年通过了第一部正式的行为准则，规范大法官的道德行为。一些批评人士指出，该准则缺乏任何执行机制，并且赋予了大法官自行决定是否回避（即退出案件审理）的权力。
法院的道德准则规定，当大法官的”公正性能合理受到质疑”时，应使其回避。
为支持新软件，法院还宣布将加强对某些法院文件的要求，包括更全面地列出案件涉及的当事人，以及相关的股票代码。新的文件提交要求将于3月16日生效。
倡导组织”修复最高法院”的加布·罗斯称这一进展”多少有些积极”，同时指出他总体上反对大法官在任期间持有股票。
“法院在准则末尾写道，它将’研究司法道德方面的最佳实践’，而使用冲突检查软件就是一种最佳实践，”罗斯说，并指出软件检查长期以来已被下级法院采用。
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US Supreme Court adopts new technology to help identify conflicts of interest
February 17, 2026 6:09 PM UTC / Reuters / By John Kruzel
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The U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, U.S. May 17, 2021. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
- Summary
- Court set an ethics code for the nine justices in 2023
- Justices decide for themselves whether to recuse in a case
- Recusal urged if impartiality may reasonably be questioned
WASHINGTON, Feb 17 (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court announced on Tuesday that it has adopted new software to assist in identifying whether a case poses a potential conflict of interest for the justices, who decide for themselves whether to step aside from participation in cases.
The software, created by the court’s information technology office and other court staff, will compare information about lawyers and parties to a dispute to certain information provided by the offices of each of the nine justices, a court spokesperson said in a statement.
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These “automated recusal checks” will complement existing procedures carried out by the justices for reviewing potential conflicts, the court said.
The court in 2023 adopted its first formal code of conduct governing the ethical behavior of the justices. Some critics noted the absence of any enforcement mechanism and the authority of the individual justices to decide for themselves whether to recuse, the act of withdrawing from consideration of a case.
The court’s ethics code states that justices should disqualify themselves in a case where their “impartiality might reasonably be questioned.”
To support the new software, the court also announced that it would be adding beefed-up requirements for certain court filings, including a more thorough list of parties involved in a case and stock ticker symbols where relevant. The new filing requirements take effect on March 16.
Gabe Roth of the advocacy group Fix the Court called the new development “somewhat positive,” noting his general opposition to justices owning stocks during their tenure on the bench.
“The court wrote at the end of the code that it would ‘undertake an examination of best practices’ on judicial ethics, and the use of conflict-check software is a best practice,” Roth said, noting software-based checks have long been used by lower courts.
Reporting by John Kruzel; Editing by Will Dunham
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