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My time as a student at Syracuse University’s Maxwell School prepared me for my career in the music business in ways I never could have imagined. My passion for utilizing political and legal systems and structures to advocate for and protect people’s rights guides many of the most important decisions I make.”
Jacqueline Saturn ’90 B.A. (PSc)
President of Virgin Music Group North America, 2026 Maxwell | A&S Undergraduate Convocation Speaker
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Bybee Quoted in USA Today Article on Code of Ethics for Supreme Court Justices
June 22, 2018
USA Today
Supreme Court justices are not bound by a code of ethics and hundreds of judges across the U.S. say they should be. More than 97% of the judges roughly 860 judges who responded to a June survey by the judicial college, a nonprofit and nonpartisan institution that educates judges of all types from all over the country, responded "yes" to the question of whether the justices should be bound by a code of conduct.
"The first line of enforcement is self-enforcement," says Keith Bybee, professor of political science and vice dean of the College of Law. "When you're bound by a code of ethics, it leads you to ask questions about your own activities, and to achieve impartiality through a process of question asking."
Read more in the USA Today article, "Supreme Court justices don't have a code of ethics. Hundreds of judges say that's a problem."
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BaoBao Zhang Joins First Cohort of AI2050 Early Career Fellows
One of only 15 scholars chosen from across the U.S., Zhang will receive up to $200,000 in research funding over the next two years. Zhang will use the funding to partner with the nonprofit, non-partisan Center for New Democratic Processes to test whether public participation in AI governance is increased through the creation of public assemblies, known as “deliberative democracy workshops.”
Baobao Zhang
Assistant Professor, Political Science Department
Bybee Quoted in USA Today Article on Code of Ethics for Supreme Court Justices
June 22, 2018
USA Today
Supreme Court justices are not bound by a code of ethics and hundreds of judges across the U.S. say they should be. More than 97% of the judges roughly 860 judges who responded to a June survey by the judicial college, a nonprofit and nonpartisan institution that educates judges of all types from all over the country, responded "yes" to the question of whether the justices should be bound by a code of conduct.
"The first line of enforcement is self-enforcement," says Keith Bybee, professor of political science and vice dean of the College of Law. "When you're bound by a code of ethics, it leads you to ask questions about your own activities, and to achieve impartiality through a process of question asking."
Read more in the USA Today article, "Supreme Court justices don't have a code of ethics. Hundreds of judges say that's a problem."
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