Monday, July 25, 2005
Althouse on Roberts and recusal
Here is law-prof blogger Ann Althouse's take on the "would Roberts recuse himself in abortion cases" debate. And here is an op-ed by Jonathan Turley, in which he (in my view) appears to misunderstand the issue entirely. Turley confuses a decision to recuse -- i.e., a decision not to take an action as a judge that would constitute culpable cooperation with evil -- with a decision to allow one's "personal religious views" to color one's interpretation of the law.
Rick
UPDATE: Paul Horwitz at Prawfsblawg has a good post on Turley's error.
https://mirrorofjustice.blogs.com/mirrorofjustice/2005/07/althouse_on_rob.html