Chief justice says US supreme court keeps ‘highest standards’ of conduct

John Roberts speaks on same day lawyers for Harlan Crow decline to cooperate with Senate judiciary committee over gifts scandal

The chief justice of the US supreme court, John Roberts, said he and the other justices were working to hold themselves to the highest standards" of ethical conduct.

I want to assure people that I am committed to making certain that we as a court adhere to the highest standards of conduct," Roberts told an awards dinner in Washington on Tuesday.