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Seen or text messages that we have seen and who knows what else the january 6 committee has. i dont think that -- you drive decisions about recusal on the basis of appearance, not only reality, the appearance that that gives is a negative one. i think justice thomas has to recuse himself. >> should the court have -- should there be oversight in terms of ethics policy since they have been self-regulated, the only branch of government that is, and you think its inappropriate? >> i think the court ...

New Canaan’s highest elected official on Tuesday bemoaned an ethics complaint lodged against him last year, as well as personal legal fees he incurred in fighting against it and local news coverage of an appointed municipal body’s public meetings as it investigated the matter. The complaint lodged Nov. 1 with the Ethics Board—accusing First Selectman […]

In almost every American civics class, students are told there are three branches of government: the executive, the legislative and the judicial. However, in my own studies, I have come

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Filings from the group frank gaffney runs. so its, i mean, there are rules and they do apply to almost every judge in this country that say that if your spouse has an interest in the case, you need to recuse. if a reasonable person treats it as if there is an image of partiality, if it looks like the judge might have a conflict and cant be fair. he is supposed to step down. but that applies to only the lower courts, not to the supreme court because it holds itself above the ethics code that appl...

And this kind of behavior undermines it and its forbidden really for all the lower courts beneath the supreme court. there is a just didicial code o ethics that blinds the lower courts but the justice in the supreme court hold themselves with the ethics code to say its optional for them. its a really troubling situation i think for all the people that ive interviewed and, you know, it is going to get more so as the court takes on these issues that are so explosive in front of the country and it ...

Case, you need to recuse. if a reasonable person -- an image of partiality, if it looks like the judge might have a conflict it cant be fair. he supposed to step down. that applies to only the lower courts, not the supreme court, because it holds itself above the ethics code that applies to the rest of the judges in this country. >> as you point out in your piece, sonia sotomayor, brett kavanaugh, stephen braille have all recuse themselves when friends or family have been in a case that came bef...

Media vile -- we were all wondering when her views were on january the 6th. let me ask you this, what if anything can be done to fix this issue? you cant force a justice to recuse themselves, you cant forcibly remove them from the court. you can impeach them, but its only been tried once and it didnt succeed. are there any rules that can shape be changed or anything that can be done? >> there actually is quite a bit that can be done. there have been some efforts. there are been several bills tha...

Point to see all the things that she is involved with that are in front of the court and not have some questions about whether it taints his point of view. >> well, a lot of us have questions about what ginni thomas was saying january 6th. she says she put those up before the violence kicked off. we were all wondering what her views are on january 6th, what, if anything, can be done to fix this issue? you cant force a justice to recuse themselves or forcibly remove them from the court. you can i...

This an anti-feminist position? but, of course, she can pursue her politics if she wants. then he needs to recuse from cases shes directly involved in. thats the standard for any lower court. the problem with the supreme court is that it doesnt really have an ethics code. it holds itself above the code of conduct that applies to all courts that are lower than the supreme court. but sure, i mean, clarence thomas can step aside and let his wife be a political activist and directly connected to jan...