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I would not be totally shocked if there was some pressure involved, which led him to make the original remarks to give him a plausible exit out of the case.
by mrich 14y ago
I would not be totally shocked if there was some pressure involved, which led him to make the original remarks to give him a plausible exit out of the case.
- RawData 14y agoThat was my first thought too....you don't just step down without being forced to behind the scenes.
- rprasad 14y agoYou do if you do not want to be removed from the bench. Judges who make explicit statements that indicate they cannot be impartial in a case currently before them but who do not remove themselves from such cases usually find themselves disrobed and disbarred for violating their ethical duties of impartiality. (UK standards are different from US standards, but the duty of impartiality is generally the same.) Saying that the US is "the enemy" is pretty much as close as you can get to revealing an inability to be impartial.