Sentences with phrase «governing judicial recusal»

Although most states have rules governing judicial recusal related to campaign contributions, few formal ethical rules govern lawyers making those contributions.

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Recusal statutes should also govern independent expenditures, which play an increasingly important role in judicial elections.

Unlike laws allowing legislatures to override court rules or giving politicians more control over judicial selection, recusal rules govern the ethics of judges, and they are only necessary in states in which the high courts have failed to respond adequately to the swelling tide of campaign cash.