is there anything about your personal financial situation? a background check? yeah. is there a basic background check? no. when i was there, this was, you know, 10 years ago or so now, i don t remember having to sign anything, but i do remember very early in the year, the chief justice i didn t clerk for the chief justice but the chief justice would get all of the law clerks, 30 plus of us, into a room. and it was the ethics talk. and it was almost entirely don t talk outside of this building about what happens in this building. this was well before dobbs and it was really impressed on law clerks are you violating this right now? no, i don t think so. i think the chief has made clear that he wants that, you know, that that was something impressed upon law clerks. you re not supposed to talk outside of the court about the opinions and work of the court. so there wasn t like, as i recall, a signing, but it was very much impressed on law clerks that you re not supposed
and here we are questioning the institution. the institution is strong. they re continuing to do their jobs. just this week, as the clip you played shows, chief justice roberts and justice kagan were together with justice roberts receiving an award, talking about the collegiality of the institution despite all of the buffeting on the outside that s continuing to go on. let me talk about ethics. when you guys are brought in as clerks, do you sign anything? is there an is there a what do you pledge? is there anything you put into writing, pledging some sort of fidelity to the court? well, nobody s asking anybody to pledge fidelity i don t think to any institution. i think all law clerks, just like government employees across the board, are trying to be hired. we want people of integrity who are there to serve the institution and the principle of the law and the constitution. and so, like all federal officials, clerks obviously are supposed to take an oath to uphold the constituti
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