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To: Georgia Girl 2
Sadly a SCOTUS justice cannot be forced to recuse. But they can be impeached.

You mean to tell me that Supreme Court Justices are above the law?

See Title 28 of the United States Code, Section 455:

28 U.S.C. § 455 : US Code - Section 455: Disqualification of justice, judge, or magistrate judge

(a) Any justice, judge, or magistrate judge of the United States shall disqualify himself in any proceeding in which his impartiality might reasonably be questioned.

(b) He shall also disqualify himself in the following circumstances: (1) Where he has a personal bias or prejudice concerning a party, or personal knowledge of disputed evidentiary facts concerning the proceeding;

(3) Where he has served in governmental employment and in such capacity participated as counsel, adviser or material witness concerning the proceeding or expressed an opinion concerning the merits of the particular case in controversy;

76 posted on 11/24/2011 5:01:09 PM PST by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: Windflier

They are supposed recuse if there is a conflict of interest but nobody can force them. Sadly we are counting an activist progressive to do the honorable thing. Forget it.


79 posted on 11/24/2011 8:25:15 PM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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