Amazing. I raise a valid question about possible conflict of interest, I ask for any case anywhere, or any standard, that would show that what seems to me a conflict of interest on Scalia's part shouldn't be considered one, I make clear that I wasn't accusing Scalia of being guilty in his heart...
and that is character assassination.
Would you mind pasting the part that assassinates anyone's character?
Constant, I can't find the long-established policy for what constitutes conflict of interest for the SC, but I am happy to know it exists, and think that reading it will answer my question. I have really looked using both google and dogpile. Can you help me? Anybody? Either Supreme Court guidelines for C of I or any other court guidelines.
This is what you consider character assassination:
I'm asking a simple question. If a judge has a personal,
immediate-family tie, especially one involving money, to one of
the parties in an adversarial contest, do you think it appropriate
(ie standard practice) for the judge to recuse him or herself --
or offer to?
If you don't, do you think conflict of interest should be abolished as
a concept applied to judges?
Do you or anyone else have any legal guidelines, or any examples of
cases, in which a judge had immediate family members with financial
or professional ties to either the plaintiff or defendant in a case in
which it would be considered unreasonable for the opposing party to
expect disclosure, and perhaps recusal?
Recusal in cases of conflict of interest is not a notion I just invented.
I believe it is quite standard.
I'd be interested in someone sharing with me some legal standard or
precedent indicating that it is fine to judge a case in which you have
a conflict of interest if you really try hard to be fair. |
