The Pennsylvania Supreme Court recently signaled that it is going to be taking a much closer look at how trial court judges handle themselves and not hesitate to remove them from cases if there’s a question about their impartiality.

In a pair of cases — one criminal, the other stemming from a custody dispute — the court ordered trial court judges to recuse themselves because of how they acted and the questions the behavior raised.

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