Whenever these issues of ethics are discussed, I can't help but thinking back to my days as a law clerk for Justice Harry Blackmun who refused to have dinner with people who might conceivably at some point in the future have a case before the Supreme Court.
Blumenthal recalls Justice Blackmun's strict ethical standards regarding potential conflicts.
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