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It's not about the conflict being weak, it's mostly about standard setting. If it is the norm that judges recuse themselves even in case of fairly remote confli
by cm2187 4y ago
It's not about the conflict being weak, it's mostly about standard setting. If it is the norm that judges recuse themselves even in case of fairly remote conflict of interest, it will make it very difficult for a judge to not recuse himself in the case of a more problematic conflict of interest.
- DannyBee 4y agoIn theory, maybe. I can buy it in places judges are elected or subject to popular anything. In practice, federal judges can't be removed except by impeachment, and such a thing is not an impeachable offense. It is otherwise a lifetime appointment. One with a lucrative partner job waiting if they choose to go that route early, regardless of social reputation. They are fairly insulated from being forced to do something based on the standards others want to set.
- dragonwriter 4y ago> In practice, federal judges can't be removed except by impeachment, and such a thing is not an impeachable offense Conflict of interest is one of the things typically listed as impeachable judicial misconduct; not that there is any concrete boundary to “impeachable offense” since the House is free to decide any conduct is or or is not impeachable.