DEC 4 20091. House Judiciary Schedules Hearing on Judge Recusals
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1. House Judiciary Schedules Hearing on
Judge Recusals
by the Associated Press
A House judiciary subcommittee has scheduled a hearing for Dec. 10
on the recusal of judges.
The National Law Journal reported last month on lawmakers' renewed
interest in the issue, including plans to examine the process that
federal judges use to decide recusal motions. Judges now have wide
discretion to decide on their own whether to step away from a case,
though their decisions are appealable.
Other than the federal judiciary’s codes of conduct, the U.S. Supreme
Court has no formal guidelines for when a justice must recuse from a
case. Justices are not required to explain their recusal decisions — as
evidenced by Justice John Paul Stevens' surprise recusal Wednesday
— and the decisions are not appealable.
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