By Kiera Riley | Yellow Sheet
Arizona Supreme Court Chief Justice Ann Timmer confirmed the state judiciary’s code of conduct already prohibits employees from using nonpublic information to bet on prediction markets.
“Fortunately, the judicial branch does not need to adopt a new policy because our codes of conduct have long prohibited this conduct,” Timmer said in a statement on Tuesday.
As a general rule under the Code of Judicial Administration, all employees and judges working for state courts must “uphold and promote the independence, integrity, and impartiality of the judiciary and shall avoid impropriety and the appearance of impropriety.”
But in more specific terms, judges and staff are barred from using their position for personal gain, special privileges or exemptions, with a clear provision prohibiting the sharing or use of information that’s unavailable to the public for “personal gain or advantage or for any purpose unrelated to court duties.”
