believe that judges embody those noble qualities, right? there also should be noted guidelines that broadly govern judges impartiality that require it and protect it. judges other than supreme court justice are bound. supreme court justices themselves are not bound by it but are supposed to follow it anyway. they say that they do. they are supposed to be above reproa reproach. they are, after all, the supreme court. for example, the code of conduct for federal judges say judges are not supposed to know who donates money for something like a building or a statue that honors a judge so there can be no question of whether that building or statue was a bribe to the judge's vanity. seems to make sense. same goes for charity causes. even if justice "x" loves, say, spaying and neutering as a charity concept, he or she should not be involved in soliciting funds for charities that spay and neuter.