Sentences with phrase «judges for campaign contributions»

on Bills for mandatory recusal of judges for campaign contributions introduced in 3 states this year; hearing on one bill later this week

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In a session before U.S. Magistrate Judge Michael J. Roemer, a newly unsealed FBI complaint alleges Pigeon conspired to solicit a $ 25,000 contribution to the Cuomo campaign from a Montreal - based internet gambling company for whom his Papi Holdings LLC earned $ 388,000 in lobbying fees from 2010 to 2015.

State Supreme Court Judge Bernard Malone ruled that though the Soares campaign was not at fault for taking the money, WFP violated the law in making contributions to another party's primary candidate.

A federal judge on Tuesday sentenced Dinesh D'Souza to five years of probation, including eight months in a community confinement center, ordering no jail time for the conservative author and pundit who pleaded guilty to using straw donors to make an illegal campaign contribution.

A federal judge who spared Dinesh D'Souza prison time for illegal - campaign contributions shot down the conservative filmmaker's nervy request to push back reporting to a halfway house until after January...

The project aims to make judicial elections more transparent for journalists and researchers by creating online profiles of judges that show campaign contributions, judicial opinions and biographies.

A judge of the New York Surrogate's Court was censured for failing to properly report a campaign contribution from her long - time friend and mentor.

The petition sought to amend the recusal rules when a party in an action — or the lawyer or law firm in an action — makes a campaign contribution to or spends money in a judicial campaign for a judge presiding in the case.

SB 6255 Requires mandatory recusal for judges who receive $ 50 or more in campaign contributions from lawyers or parties in past 3 years.

In 2013, the legislature repealed the state's renowned public financing program for judicial candidates, leaving would - be judges to raise contributions from wealthy campaign donors.

Further, according to Comment 5 to Rule 2.11, a judge has a duty to disclose information that litigants might find relevant to a disqualification motion, like whether either the parties or their lawyers have made campaign contributions, even if the judge believes there is no basis for disqualification.

Week ahead: mandatory recusal for Illinois judges receiving campaign contributions over $ 500, court technology fees in NH, stripping Arkansas Supreme Court of rulemaking authority

denied, 541 U.S. 960 (2004): A probate judge who ran for state senate was charged with violating canons prohibiting sitting judges from accepting campaign contributions and requiring judges to resign from the bench before running for political office.

The plaintiffs challenged eight restrictions on judicial conduct: 1) the prohibition on judicial candidates campaigning as a member of a political organization, 2) the prohibition on judicial candidates making speeches for or against political organizations or candidates, 3) the ban on judicial candidates making contributions to political causes or candidates, 4) the prohibition on judicial candidates from publicly endorsing or opposing candidates for public office, 5) the prohibition on judges from acting as a leader or holding office in a policitical organization, 6) the prohibition on judicial candidates knowingly or recklessly making false statements during campaigns, 7) the ban on judicial candidates making misleading statements, and 8) the prohibition on candidates making pledges, promises, or committments in connection with cases, controversies, or issues that are likely to come before the court.

(9) use or permit the use of campaign contributions for the private benefit of the judge, the candidate, or others;

The reasons a judge might refuse to ask for or accept campaign contributions are multiple.