recusal

Examples of recusal in the following topics:

• Rules to Follow When Speaking

  • Recuse yourself--provide your audience with a full disclosure of said conflict of interest, and adjust your speech accordingly.

• The Right to Due Process

  • The requirement of a neutral judge has introduced a constitutional dimension into the question of whether a judge should recuse himself or herself from a case.
  • Specifically, the Supreme Court has ruled that in certain circumstances, the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment requires a judge to recuse himself on account of a potential or actual conflict of interest.

• Obama vs. the Lobbyists?

  • Not all recent former lobbyists require waivers; those without waivers write letters of recusal stating issues from which they must refrain because of their previous jobs.

• Conflicts of Interest

  • In this event, the relative may be recused from any hiring decisions.
  • These help to minimize problems with conflicts of interest because they spell out the extent to which such conflicts should be avoided, and what the parties should do where such conflicts are permitted (disclosure, recusal, etc.).

• Lobbying Scandals and the Reforms of 2007

  • Prohibits members from engaging in any agreements or negotiations about future employment until a successor has been selected unless the member files a statement with the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct; and requires that members recuse themselves from any matter in which there is a conflict of interest or appearance of a conflict.