Recusal

Recusal occurs when a judge decides not to preside over a particular case.

Andrew Kreig: Alabama Decisions Illustrate Abuse of Judicial Power 2009

Recusal would be required for any gay judge because any gay judge could benefit from the overturn of Prop 8.

William K. Black: Lawyers Defending Prop 8's Ban on Same-Sex Marriage Continue to Self-Destruct William K. Black 2011

Recusal would be required for any gay judge because any gay judge could benefit from the overturn of Prop 8.

William K. Black: Lawyers Defending Prop 8's Ban on Same-Sex Marriage Continue to Self-Destruct William K. Black 2011

Former Attorney General and District Judge Michael Mukasey writes that "upon even a cursory examination of the facts it is clear that neither justice Clarence Thomas nor Elena Kagan should step aside" when the Supreme Court rules on the constitutionality of ObamaCare "The ObamaCare Recusal Nonsense," op-ed, Dec. 5.

There Is a Case for Kagan's Recusal 2011

Recusal ordinarily is required only when a judge has a direct and personal economic interest in one of the parties to a case.

Common Cause v. Scalia and Thomas David B. Rivkin Jr. 2011

Whyte -- who I'd previously named as a defendant and who wrongly denied my Motion for Recusal!!!

Discourse.net: A Promise Kept 2009

Recusal arises as a matter of judicial ethics if as a government official she expressed an opinion on the merits of the health-care litigation.

Kagan and ObamaCare 2010

Siegelman filed on June 28 a blistering 34-page Second Motion for Recusal based on new information last month that their trial judge improperly met with postal inspectors to discuss claims that jurors were communicating illegally during the trial.

Andrew Kreig: Court Vacates Siegelman Charges, As Kagan and DOJ Team Lose 2010

Siegelman filed on June 28 a blistering 34-page Second Motion for Recusal based on new information last month that their trial judge improperly met with postal inspectors to discuss claims that jurors were communicating illegally during the trial.

Andrew Kreig: Court Vacates Siegelman Charges, As Kagan and DOJ Team Lose 2010

Recusal rules are in large measure aimed at preventing improper influences that stem from all these connections — but the rules are also necessarily limited by the ubiquity of such connections.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Some Broad Thoughts on Judicial Recusal 2009