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• n  (law) the disqualification of a judge or jury by reason of prejudice or conflict of interest; a judge can be recused by objections of either party or judges can disqualify themselves

• Along with the recusal this week of Attorney General John Ashcroft, this suggests that investigators are ready to enter the next stage of the probe.
• After Casey's recusal, the Justice Department in Washington took over the investigation; pending possible appointment of a special counsel, it is being run by Donald Mackay, a .
• The documents whose authenticity is not in dispute include e-mails written by Canary, long after her recusal, offering legal advice to subordinates handling the case.

• recusation

News & Articles

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• Murdered Alabama preacher trial hangs in the balance after pre-trial motions halt proceedings
  As of Monday evening there was no jury selected, we didn't hear any opening statements or testimony. The trial was delayed by a pre-trial motion for recusal of the chief prosecutor due to a conflict of interest.
  June 10, 2013 - WTVM 9 Columbus

Quotes

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• Anthony Kennedy in Richmond Times Dispatch
  There was here a serious, objective risk of actual bias that required Justice Benjamin's recusal,Justice Anthony M. Kennedy wrote for the majority.
• Antonin Scalia in San Diego Union Tribune
  My recusal is required if ...... my impartiality might reasonably be questioned,Scalia wrote. "Why would that result follow from my being in a sizable group of persons, in a hunting camp with the vice president, where I never hunted with...
• Daniel Inouye in International Herald Tribune
  Democratic Sen. Daniel Inouye wrote FCC Chairman Kevin Martin expressing "disappointment" in Martin's "apparent willingness to waive government recusal rules" to allow former lobbyist and current commissioner Robert McDowell to vote on the...