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Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
Fair point, but I see it the other way. If Cheney and Scalia are good enough buds that they take hunting trips together, then the hunting trip alone shouldn't be the basis for recusal, the friendship should. If your friend comes before you on the bench, you shouldn't recuse yourself only in the days following your birthday or Christmas.
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I'm not "friends" with any judges I practice before, but I really would want them to recuse themselves if I were. I worked at the PTO, and have some very close friends there as Examiners (a quasi-judicial position). My clients got fucked by these guys at first, because they wanted to seem above any bias, and ruled any doubt against me. I now ask for any case to be transfered
