Posted on 02/24/2012 6:05:23 AM PST by SeekAndFind
Rhenquist was forced to recuse himself from the case regarding Nixon’s tapes - Rhenquist worked for Nixon Justice Department.
but the rules are different for the socialists
Quick question about her recusal, and your prediction. If she would recuse herself, that would only leave 3 Justices certainly for it. We would have 4 certainly against it, but it would still leave the final vote to Kennedy. Wouldn't a 4-4 tie effectively uphold the law?
All I hear jeff Sessions saying is blah, blah, blah.
Same exact sh*t as Issa.
Useless.
And I lost all respect for him when he did. His argument basically amounted to we have he ability to remain impartial and decide correctly even when a conflict is present. Great, except that’s not how it is supposed to work. The whole idea behind recusal and conflict (in the Law) is that even the appearance of conflict should be cordoned off such that no claim of conflict could be made.
Kagan and Roberts are basically crapping on a central tenet of the law that gives it a claim to impartiality and thus fairness. It is setting a double standard that does irreparable harm to justice.
bump for later reading
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