We are just about a month away from the beginning of the October 2024 term of the U.S. Supreme Court. Although the high court should always command immense respect, its public approval is at or near historic lows, according to a Pew report earlier this month.

Nearly a year ago, the Supreme Court imposed upon itself a set of ethics rules that I charitably called unenforceable, after a series of controversial revelations surrounding undisclosed financial and political conflicts of interest. This was before the clock hit 2024 and things got markedly worse.

What the Supreme Court justices and we as the public need to realize is that, by the time the court’s October 2024 term begins, we may find ourselves at a tipping point that permanently destroys public confidence in our judicial........

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