{"id":2570848,"date":"2026-02-17T19:02:02","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T00:02:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-court-updates-rules-to-help-find-potential-conflicts-for-the-justices\/"},"modified":"2026-02-17T19:04:54","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T00:04:54","slug":"supreme-court-updates-rules-to-help-find-potential-conflicts-for-the-justices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-court-updates-rules-to-help-find-potential-conflicts-for-the-justices\/","title":{"rendered":"Supreme Court updates rules to help find &#8216;potential conflicts for the justices&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsupreme-court-updates-rules-to-help-find-potential-conflicts-for-the-justices%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2570848&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Supreme Court has updated its rules to help identify potential conflicts for the justices,with changes taking effect March 16. The reforms require petitioners to list the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pro-free-speech-youtube-competitor-rumble-completes-merger-trades-under-ticker-rum\/\" title=\"Pro-Free Speech YouTube Competitor &quot;Rumble&quot; Completes Merger, Trades Under Ticker &quot;RUM&quot;\">stock ticker symbols<\/a> of any company involved in the case and, for nongovernmental respondents, to <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >disclose corporate parents<\/a> or ownership of 10% or more by a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elder-no-wonder-why-people-and-businesses-are-dumping-california\/\" title=\"ELDER: No Wonder Why People And Businesses Are Dumping California\">publicly held company<\/a>. The updates are designed to support the Court\u2019s new electronic conflict-checking system and to tighten facts filed by litigants. The changes come amid occasional recusals tied to justices\u2019 financial holdings,such as Justice Alito\u2019s recusal from a Louisiana coastal erosion case over ConocoPhillips interests and his prior recusal related to Chevron USA v. Plaquemines Parish. Democrats have criticized the Court over undisclosed gifts and have pressed for an ethics code, which the Court has said it would adopt. The Court is expected to issue at least one ruling soon and will hear a challenge to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-court-could-shake-up-mail-ballot-and-campaign-finance-rules\/\" title=\"... could shake up mail ballot and campaign finance ...\">late-arriving ballot laws<\/a> in March.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Supreme Court updates rules to help find &lsquo;potential conflicts for the justices&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2500904\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/supreme-court\/\">Supreme Court<\/a> announced Tuesday it updated its rules of the court in an effort to help justices avoid <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ethics\/\">conflicts of interest<\/a> with parties before them.<\/p>\n<p>The rule changes, effective March 16, will require parties in petitions filed with the Supreme <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/courts\/\">Court<\/a> to list the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/stock-market\/\">stock<\/a> ticker symbol of any company that is a party to the case, among other changes, which &ldquo;will serve in addition to existing conflict-checking procedures in chambers.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4457201\/new-york-republicans-appeal-maps-supreme-court\/\">New York GOP appeals new congressional map directly to Supreme Court<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/4455914\/supreme-court-urged-weigh-in-pennsylvanias-mail-ballot-dating-law\/\">Supreme Court urged to weigh in on Pennsylvania&#8217;s mail ballot dating law<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;Most of the changes are designed to support operation of newly developed software that will assist in identifying potential conflicts for the Justices, and the revisions impose a number of new requirements upon filers to support the software,&rdquo; the high court said in a press release.<\/p>\n<p>The updated rules also state that &ldquo;where a respondent is a nongovernmental corporation and it has a parent corporation or a publicly held company owns 10% or more of the corporation&rsquo;s stock,&rdquo; those affiliations must be reported in the brief or the waiver.<\/p>\n<p>The rule changes are &ldquo;designed to support the Court&rsquo;s electronic conflict-checking system by requiring a respondent to correct any deficiencies in the Parties to the Proceeding section of the petition, and by including information about corporate parents,&rdquo; per the high court.<\/p>\n<p>The changes come as some justices have recused themselves from recent cases because of their financial holdings, with Justice Samuel Alito recusing himself from a case involving Louisiana coastal erosion because of his holdings in ConocoPhillips earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>Alito recused himself ahead of January&rsquo;s arguments in <em>Chevron USA v. Plaquemines Parish<\/em>, with the high court&rsquo;s clerk saying in a letter that Alito believed Burlington Resources Oil and Gas Company, which is owned by ConocoPhillips, had removed itself from the case, but that &ldquo;later briefing, however, noted that Burlington remained a party in the district court.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/4441369\/supreme-court-hear-challenge-late-arriving-ballot-laws-march\/\">SUPREME COURT WILL HEAR CHALLENGE TO LATE-ARRIVING BALLOT LAWS IN MARCH<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Supreme Court, which has a 6-3 conservative majority, has also faced criticism from Democrats over reports of undisclosed gifts given to justices in recent years, with Democrats demanding reforms to the high court. The Supreme Court <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2440994\/supreme-court-will-adopt-an-ethics-code\/\">announced<\/a> it would adopt an ethics code in November 2023, but criticisms from Democrats have not relented.<\/p>\n<p>The justices will return to the bench Friday when they are expected to announce at least one ruling, followed by oral arguments scheduled for the first three days of next week.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Supreme Court tightens rules to flag conflicts<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2638,"featured_media":2570849,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/AP26037699758255.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[49406,4381,32275],"class_list":["post-2570848","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-conflicts-of-interest","tag-ethics","tag-supreme-court"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/AP26037699758255.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2570848","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2638"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2570848"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2570848\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2570852,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2570848\/revisions\/2570852"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2570849"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2570848"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2570848"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2570848"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}