2020年10月28日 · Recusal – the act of a specific judge or justice being removed from a specific case, typically for ethical reasons – is as old as courts themselves. It reflects a concern about self-interested judging that is at odds with the impartial, independent judiciary envisioned by our Constitution and, to that end, serves two general purposes.

decision on recusal is not made by the challenged judge himself or herself. This is an issue of fundamental importance: one of the most criticized features of recusal practice is the fact that in many states, the judge subject to a recusal request has the unreviewable last word on whether to step aside from a case.

2018年10月5日 · The lawyers explain that Judge Kavanaugh has expressed views that would require his recusal from “a very broad slice of the Supreme Court’s docket during his lifetime tenure as a justice. That would leave the court evenly split in far too many cases, for years on end, if he were to recuse himself as required—or deeply damaged in the ...

2024年10月9日 · The Supreme Court heard oral argument today in Glossip v.Oklahoma, a death penalty case involving a state’s admitted suppression of a key witness’s history of treatment for mental illness and prosecutors’ failure to correct that witness’s false testimony.

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historical record concerning legislative recusal rules on its face. After surveying the historical record showing that legislative recusal rules have been “commonplace for over 200 years,”17 Justice Scalia sought an explanation as to why legislative recusal rules were not considered to violate the First Amendment.

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more vigorous judicial recusal, and increased use and dissemination of judicial performance evaluations. Recent developments in both Nevada and West Virginia suggest that legislatures and voters are ready to re-evaluate the way judges are selected, and that effective change in those states may serve as a model for a more widespread

2017年7月28日 · In May, Deputy Attorney General Rod. J. Rosenstein appointed Mueller as Special Counsel. Rosenstein did so as the Acting Attorney General, following the recusal of Jeff Sessions in any matters relating to the 2016 presidential campaign. President Trump has expressed his anger with Sessions for his recusal decision.

2005年10月30日 · J. Michael Luttig has served as a judge on the Fourth Circuit since 1991, having been appointed by former president George H. W. Bush.