Barbara Lagoa testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee during her confirmation hearing to be Judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, on Oct. 16, 2019. Photo: Diego M. Radzinschi / ALM How the Lawyer-Spouses of Amy Barrett and Barbara Lagoa Could Spur Recusal Issues
In 1993, seven Supreme Court justices took the unusual step of spelling out in public how they would handle cases in which close relatives were active lawyers.
September 25, 2020 at 02:18 PM
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Possible U.S. Supreme Court nominees Barbara Lagoa and Amy Coney Barrett both have something in common besides being women: they both have spouses who are practicing lawyers.
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