In 2014, ABA House of Delegates adopted a resolution urging states to adopt judicial disqualification and recusal procedures.
Judicial recusal doctrines raise structural, not substantive, considerations. They serve to protect the parties basic right to a fair trial.
A clear failure by the trial court to analyze or apply the law correctly will constitute an abuse of discretion.
The Americans for Prosperity Foundation, a "nonprofit" founded by Charles Koch Group spent over $1 million in support of her confirmation.