On Tuesday, not only did West Virginia voters hand Hillary Clinton a lopsided win over Barack Obama in the state’s Democratic primary, but they also told Elliott Maynard, the chief justice of West Virginia’s Supreme Court, that he would be presiding over the state’s top court no more. Maynard lost his re-election bid on Tuesday [...]

Which of the following findings does an appellate court need to make in order to find judicial bias by a lower court judge:
A) The judge “persistently” interrupts the defense’s presentation of evidence
B) The judge imposes adverse evidentiary rulings so often the government is “relieved of its responsibility to make objections”
C) The judge admits evidence offered [...]

Remember the classic scene from “And Justice for All,” in which Al Pacino, playing Baltimore defense lawyer Arthur Kirkland, gets dragged away in cuffs after a lengthy courtroom outburst? (”You’re out of order! You’re out of order! This whole trial’s out of order!”) We were reminded of that scene today when we stumbled across a [...]

The Judicial Conference of the United States has approved policies requiring judges to disclose their sponsors when traveling to attend seminars, and to investigate financial conflicts of interest more closely.