Leopoldo López, awaiting verdict, charged with inciting violence and arson "Our arguments – and those of hundreds more Venezuelans suffering the same injustice – are clear and forceful: political disqualification violates laws".
The Sierra Club, which sued for release of the information, is arguing that after Justice Scalia's duck-hunting trip with the vice president last month, his impartiality is open to reasonable question -- a test for a judge's disqualification under federal law -- and notes that in fact it has been widely questioned in news accounts and editorials around the country.
In a separate motion, baseball asked for the disqualification of the two law firms representing the Dodgers in bankruptcy court because they are advancing McCourt's interests in "direct conflict" with the team's.
While some leaders have insisted that the disqualifications adhered to Iraqi law, many Sunni Muslims have seen them as score-settling by religious Shiite parties who suffered under Baath Party rule, and American officials have worried that the move could impair the vote's legitimacy.
There are also strict laws on disqualification, so reading through the rulebook could be a good idea.
It has not spelled out rules that the justices should follow, even though the law on judicial disqualification applies to them.
Mr. Feldman also doesn't note that the federal law of judicial disqualification was amended in 1974, and now requires recusal whenever a justice's impartiality may reasonably be questioned.
"A strict liability test must thus be applied," the court said in a statement, "the consequence being automatic disqualification as a matter of law and in fairness to all other athletes".
Edward Davey, the business minister with responsibility for corporate governance and company law, said: "These disqualification undertakings represent a successful conclusion to a lengthy and complex investigation into the collapse of MG Rover.
"A strict liability test must thus be applied," the court said in a brief opinion, "the consequence being automatic disqualification as a matter of law and in fairness to all other athletes".
