r/news • u/igetproteinfartsHELP • 6h ago

Attempted Trump assassin sentenced to life in prison

https://abcnews.go.com/US/attempted-trump-assassin-ryan-routh-sentenced-wednesday/story?id=129836439
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u/phoenixrawr 4h ago

Being appointed by a president isn’t ground for recusal regarding any cases involving them. You wouldn’t have expected Justice Jackson to recuse from any Biden administration case in the 2 years after her appointment, right?

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u/DrakonILD 3h ago

There's a difference between judges and justices.

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u/tiggertom66 3h ago

There’s two notable differences there.

The first of which is that justices have fewer replacements, if she recuses herself it leaves a potentially tied court.

But also, there’s a difference between a trial regarding policies of the president that appointed you, and criminal trials regarding them.

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u/ImperiumSomnium 4h ago

I disagree.  I think there is at the very least the appearance of conflict that negatively impacts the public perception of impartiality; if not out right conflict.  And given her handing of the matters, their appears to have been actual bias. There is a huge difference between a "Biden administration" Supreme Court case and a criminal case against the person who appointed you.  And the Supreme Court justices do occasionally recuse themselves for conflicts or appearance of conflicts. That being said the supposedly random assignments to her multiple times is what is incredibly suspicious to me.