Recusal articles
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Democrats renew calls for Alito to recuse himself amid flag flap
WASHINGTON >> Democrats intensified their calls today for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito to step aside in two cases — one on Donald Trump’s bid for immunity from prosecution and the other on a charge involving the Capitol attack — after a media report that another provocative flag flew outside one of his homes.
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Judge recusal request denied in case involving Metro Councilman
BATON ROUGE - An effort to delay a case yet again involving a Baton Rouge Metro Councilman and his neighbor has been reversed.Metro Councilman Cleve Dunn's attorney, Representative Edmond Jordan, tried to get judge Beau Higginbotham recused from the case. That recusal was reversed by the First Circuit Court of Appeal because the paperwork was filed late.Last March, Higginbotham ordered Dunn to pay $57,000 to his neighbors Donna and Eugene Michelli after adding a cabana and a fence in a place...
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Ethics czar who prepped Samuel Alito for confirmation now wants him recused
A former ethics czar for George W. Bush once helped Justice Samuel Alito prepare for his Senate confirmation hearing. Now he's furious at Alito's behavior and wants him recused from any case involving Jan. 6. Speaking to WBUR, Richard Painter, a professor at the University of Minnesota Law School,- confessed that he is very disappointed reading the report that Alito had a flag flying upside down outside his home. Thus far, 45 Democrats have signed onto a letter demanding that Alito recuse...