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A Law Prof's Take on Judicial Recusals, the Williams Decision and Trump

Recusal has emerged as an issue in the presidential campaign, in the form of Republican candidate Donald Trump's criticism of Judge Gonzalo Curiel for not stepping aside from the civil suit against Trump University. The high court itself has faced recusal controversies in recent years, prompting calls for justices to be more transparent in explaining why they do or don't recuse in certain cases. Stetson University College of Law professor Louis Virelli III has just written Disqualifying the High Court, a book about recusal that focuses mainly on the Supreme Court but also charts the history of recusal statutes—many of which he believes are unconstitutional. Our conversation with Virelli was edited for length and clarity.
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Daily Business Review

Court Considers Penalties for Broward Judge Contini

The Florida Supreme Court issues a show-cause order to hear from Circuit Judge John Contini about his recommended punlishment for misconduct.
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

Court Says Judges Must Recuse in Cases They Once Prosecuted

Judges who had a "significant, personal involvement" in a case during their previous role as a prosecutor must recuse when ruling on the case at a later stage, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday.
10 minute read

The Recorder

State Budget Deal Scraps Plan to Shift Vacant Judgeships

2 minute read

The Recorder

Calif. Lawmakers Want Persky Charged With Misconduct

California state lawmakers on Friday ramped up pressure on Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Aaron Persky, releasing a letter to judiciary officials that urges them to charge the jurist with misconduct.
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

Judge Lopez's Path to Law Inspired by Dad

Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Peter Lopez's dream growing up was to work side by side with his dad, but it didn't work out that way.
9 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Mundy Expected to Be Named to High Court

Gov. Tom Wolf is expected to name Superior Court Judge Sallie Updyke Mundy, a Republican, to serve an interim term on the state Supreme Court as part of a package of nominations to fill judicial vacancies.
8 minute read

National Law Journal

What a Trump Win Could Mean For Courts

OPINION: The presumptive GOP nominee's views on disqualifying judges 'go beyond … constitutional norms.'
9 minute read

New York Law Journal

Judge Censured for Actions in Auto Insurance Case

A Rochester City Court judge should be censured for trying to intercede with a state Supreme Court justice who was hearing a suit the city judge filed against an auto insurer, the state Commission on Judicial Conduct recommended Thursday.
2 minute read

Daily Business Review

Sanctioned Lawyer says Former Judge Abused Prior Post

A former chief judge is accused of abusing his prior position to secure inappropriate sanctions against opposing counsel.
10 minute read

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