Accusation of Bias on the Court
Justice Scalia Responds to Demands of Recusal in the Cheney Case
The decision whether a judge’s impartiality can "`reasonably be questioned’" is to be made in light of the facts as they existed, and not as they were surmised or reported. The facts here were as follows: For five years or so, I have been going to Louisiana during the Court’s long December_January recess, to the duck-hunting camp of a friend whom I met through two hunting companions from Baton Rouge, one a dentist and the other a worker in the field of handicapped rehabilitation. The last three years, I have been accompanied on this trip by a son-in-law who lives…
