Your English writing platform
Discover LudwigSuggestions(5)
Exact(6)
There is a growing consensus — outside the court — that the justices should change how they handle recusals: requiring a justice to explain any decision to recuse or not, and having a group of justices review each recusal decision.
For a judge to reveal the thinking behind a recusal decision is all too rare.
Mr. Coombs appealed the recusal decision to the Army Court of Criminal Appeals and asked the court to halt the hearing until it could rule.
The government appealed his partial recusal decision, and the appeals court agreed, saying that the code of conduct required the judge to disqualify himself from the entire proceeding as soon as he discovered the conflict.
The beauty of the proposed rule, which is scheduled to be announced on Tuesday in Judge Lippman's State of the Judiciary address, is that it will make the disqualification or recusal decision a routine, administrative matter.
Sessions told Carlson that Trump's criticism was "kind of hurtful," but he stood by his recusal decision and called Trump a "strong leader" who wants to make the country great again.
Similar(53)
The litigants will have a chance to appeal recusal decisions to the court's other judges.
The Supreme Court, not bound by the code, leaves recusal decisions to each justice.
A contentious 4-to-3 decision by the court last month declared recusal decisions by the justices to be unreviewable.
But their independence would not be harmed if they created guidelines on conflicts (perhaps calling on nonpartisan ethics experts to help); established a process for a committee of justices to review the recusal decisions of other justices; and required that justices issue opinions explaining their recusal decisions.
Unless he suddenly reverses himself, the Supreme Court as a whole has a duty to intervene, much as it reviews the recusal decisions of lower-court judges.
More suggestions(4)
Write better and faster with AI suggestions while staying true to your unique style.
Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

Justyna Jupowicz-Kozak
CEO of Professional Science Editing for Scientists @ prosciediting.com