Supreme Court Issues Landmark Ruling on Judicial Recusal
The National Law Journal
In a landmark ruling that could affect state judicial elections nationwide, the Supreme Court on Monday ruled that due process requires a state judge to recuse when a party in a case before him or her has had a "significant or disproportionate" influence on placing the judge on the court through a large campaign donation.
4 comments:
There should be a lot of recuseing going on. Who will be left for the big cases?
Ummm...DUH!
Will this case also apply to elected officials, say City Council members, who were backed by landlords, from voting on anything that affects the landlords?
11:04, this case is about elected officials. In some jurisdictions judges are elected (how dumb ass is that). Yep, you can bet the statued lady outside those courthouses don't have blindfolds on.
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