Sentences with phrase «question recused»

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In response to questions about whether Sessions» involvement in requesting the OIG review violated the scope of his recusal, a DOJ representative said, «The AG is not recused from personnel and misconduct issues related to the management of the department.»

7th US Circuit Court of Appeals nominee Amy Coney Barrett, a Notre Dame law professor, was questioned intensely about her Catholic faith as a result of past writings expressing her beliefs on whether Catholic judges should recuse themselves from death - penalty cases if they believed they would be unable to impartially uphold the law, writing that — in limited situations — judges should step back in cases that conflict with their personal conscience.

Sessions has faced questions over whether his involvement in Comey's firing violates his pledge to recuse himself from investigations into Russian interference in the election.

Stevens supported his argument by citing Caperton v. A.T. Massey Coal Co., [39] where the Court held that $ 3 million in independent expenditures in a judicial race raised sufficient questions about a judge's impartiality to require the judge to recuse himself in a future case involving the spender.

«His stubborn and unnecessary refusal to recuse himself taints the entire case and calls into question the ethics of the Ulster County district attorney,» said Sennett.

But DeRosa's appointment came with questions about potential conflicts arising from her father's lobbying (he now leads an independent firm; the administration says she recuses herself where there are conflicts) which were exacerbated by sexism.

James Odato raises the question of whether the Commission can issue subpoenas if one of its co-chairs recuses themselves.

Yet it is important to see this emphasis in relation to what Sillman characterizes as the «politics of color» in «House of Frankenthaler» (her contribution to the forthcoming heroine Paint), where she playfully questions the impetus «to recuse oneself from too much color, as a gesture of solemnity and gravitas.»

[DB] Having been given ample opportunity to make his case, and having abdicated the usage of logic, reason and physics, the user in question has recused himself from further participation in this science - and evidence - based venue.

The more that I think about this question, the more I conclude that it is appropriate for a federal appellate judge to be more reluctant to feel an obligation to recuse if the recusal would be based solely on the participation of an amicus or counsel for an amicus.

In response to the questions that many players have sent, we will mark Justice Scalia as recused in all cases not yet decided for this term.

§ 757.19 (2) to provide an «objective standard» that requires a judge or justice to recuse himself or herself in any proceeding in which «his or her impartiality might reasonably be questioned.»

New York University ethics expert Stephen Gillers recommended that Kozinski recuse himself from the Isaacs case to avoid any questions about objectivity, but beyond that, sees no ethical bar to Kozinski continuing to sit on the bench.

Roberts kept recusing himself from issues that he said could come before the Court, Schumer kept accusing the nominee of refusing to answer questions on day three of his nomination hearings.

While only a few states have adopted these exact provisions of the Model Code, essentially all states, through statute, rule, or ethical code, require judges to recuse themselves if their impartiality might reasonably be questioned.

Doug, This does raise again the question about why Justice Breyer does not recuse himself from cases involving the guidelines.

He recuses himself when Facebook issues come up before the commission, and also recuses himself from the question of whether Facebook is turning into a one - company town.