Bill: Draft Judicial Recusal Clarification Act

[Aladeen]

CONGRESS OF THE
COMMONWEALTH OF REDMONT
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A BILL TO

Amend the Judicial Standards Act



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The people of the Commonwealth of Redmont, through their elected Representatives in the Congress and the force of law ordained to that Congress by the constitution, do hereby enact the following provisions into law:


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PART I — PRELIMINARIES

1. Short Title and Enactment

(1) This Act may be cited as the ‘Judicial Recusal Clarification Act’.
(2) This Act shall be enacted immediately upon its signage.
(3) This Act has been authored by Aladeen.
(4) This Act has been co-sponsored by Toadking.
(5) This Act amends the following acts:

(a) Judicial Standards Act

2. Reasons and Intent

(1) To clarify the application of recusal standards under the Judicial Standards Act.

(2) To allow Justices to assist in Lower Courts without automatic recusal from appellate proceedings.

PART II — AMENDMENTS

3. Amendment to Part III, Section 1

(1) Part III, Section 1 of the Judicial Standards Act shall be amended as follows:

(8) A Justice may preside over proceedings in the District & Federal Courts without being required to recuse themselves from any future appellate proceeding on the basis of presiding in that case.

 

[ToadKing]

(8) A Justice may preside over proceedings in the District & Federal Courts without being required to recuse themselves from any future appellate proceeding on the basis of presiding in that case.

(7) not (8).
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